Insufficient balance

  After dinner, Muzhen and Baoyue went upstairs. After entering the room, Muzhen saw that Baoyue had also followed in, so he said: "Baoyue, go back to your room and rest! We still have a long way to go tomorrow."

  "No! Big Brother Mu, I want to hear you tell stories. Bao Yue pulled on Mu Sheng's sleeve and coquettishly said."

  Looking at Bao Yue's coquettish appearance, Mu Sheng really couldn't help it and continued to tell the story. But having such a lovely little sister wasn't bad either, thinking about how he used to be alone before, so he tidied up his thoughts and continued to tell Bao Yue "The Return of the Condor Hero".

  Under the candlelight, Bao Yue was lying on the table listening to Mu Sheng tell stories, while Mu Sheng sat beside her telling them. Unbeknownst to him, it had already reached midnight. At this time, Mu Sheng also felt tired and thought that he had said enough, wondering if Bao Yue would complain about it. He turned around to look at her and saw that she was already asleep with a slight smile on her face, indicating that she had been sleeping for some time. Meanwhile, he was still talking nonsense, thinking to himself: "This girl, I'll settle the score with her tomorrow."

  But she can't sleep on the table, it's not a big deal! She can't sleep on the bed and let Bao Yue sleep on the table, right? Mu Sheng couldn't do that, so he had no choice but to gently pick up Bao Yue and put her on the bed, then cover her with a quilt. The little girl didn't feel anything, it seemed she was really sleeping soundly!

  After everything was ready, Muzhen put the two chairs together, then blew out the candles and sat cross-legged on the chair, slowly circulating his internal energy. After several days, Muzhen also fell into a state of sleep.

  In the morning, Bao Yue woke up to find herself lying in bed. She opened her eyes and was surprised to see that she was on the bed. It seemed like she had been leaning on the table last night, so it must have been Mo Da who carried her to bed. Thinking of this, Bao Yue's face turned red with embarrassment. From a young age, besides her family members, no other man had ever touched her body. She lifted up the quilt and found that her clothes were still intact, which made her breathe a sigh of relief. It was fortunate, or else she would have been too ashamed to live.

  Get up and stand up, only to find that Muzi is sitting in a chair with his head leaning on the table. Seeing Muzi like this, Bao Yue felt a bit embarrassed, thinking that it was going to be tough for Big Brother Mu. So he walked over to Muzi's face and tickled his nose with his little finger. As a result, Muzi didn't wake up, so the mischievous Bao Yue tickled him several more times, finally waking him up.

  As soon as he opened his eyes, he found a pretty face staring at him. Since they were very close, Mu Sheng was startled and said: "Bao Yue, you scared me to death."

  "Hehe, I didn't think Brother Mu was so grown up yet, but still so timid." Yueyue said mischievously.

  Mo Sheng rolled her eyes and thought to herself, "Who wouldn't be scared to death waking up early in the morning to see a face stuck to their own? Yet she's still speaking so sweetly, truly, it doesn't hurt her to talk nonsense."

  Mulan didn't say a word, and Yue thought Mulan was angry, so she coquettishly said: "Brother Mulan, can't you forgive me? I was wrong, okay?"

  Musheng really couldn't take it anymore, feeling a big patch of goosebumps. Keeping a certain distance from Baoyue, he said: "Don't do this again next time. Now let's go down and eat, after eating we still have to hurry on the road."

  "Okay, wait a minute, Brother Mu. I'll go get our luggage." Saying that, Bao Yue ran out.

  Musheng shook his head, this Bao Yue was really a mischievous spirit, but it was also good to be like her, without too many worries, and living wouldn't be too tiring. Musheng took the package and walked out.

  After paying the rent, Mu Sheng and Bao Yue went to a small restaurant next door to eat a bowl of noodles. This ancient noodle was really cost-effective. Bao Yue only ate half of his noodles, and after Mu Sheng finished eating, he drank several large bowls of water, which was preparation for today. Storytelling is indispensable, and there's no water on the carriage, so before leaving, Mu Sheng filled his stomach with water.

  Rubbing his round belly, Mu Sheng felt it was a bit difficult to lift his feet, and slowly left the small restaurant. Seeing that the carriage driver had already arrived with the horse-drawn carriage, after getting on the carriage, Bao Yue again asked Mu Sheng to continue telling "The Return of the Condor Hero". Having no choice, Mu Sheng continued to tell the story.

  When Mu Sheng asked Bao Yue where she fell asleep last night, Bao Yue shook her head and said she didn't know. In fact, she was very sleepy last night and fell asleep on the table after a while.

  When Wu Yue heard this, Mu Sheng almost got angry to death. It seemed that his efforts last night were in vain. Mu Sheng felt a bit desperate, but under Wu Yue's coquettish begging, he still agreed. What could he do? Who made this girl so cute? He treated her like his own sister after all.

  The horse-drawn carriage drove along the official road, and Mu Sheng kept talking non-stop. When they arrived at a dense forest, Mu Sheng asked the coachman to stop the carriage. No choice, he had drunk too much water in the morning, so naturally, his urine was also more abundant. Mu Sheng had been holding it in for a long time, and finally encountered this dense forest, Mu Sheng didn't want to let it go like that.

  Then, Mu Sheng hastily got off the carriage and walked into the depths of the forest to relieve himself. Feeling much more comfortable and refreshed, he returned to the side of the horse-drawn vehicle. He saw Bao Yue had also gotten down and walked over to him, saying in a low voice: "Mu Big Brother, I also want to...", The two words "relieve myself" were too embarrassing for the little girl to say out loud, but Mu Sheng understood what she meant. So he said: "Then go ahead! I'll wait here for you, if anything happens just shout loudly."

  "Okay," she said softly, and Bao Yue walked in with her skirt lifted. The thorny bushes were dense, and Bao Yue walked very slowly in her skirt. Mu Sheng stood outside the carriage, muttering to himself, "This woman is really slow." But as soon as he finished speaking, a cry came from the woods, "Ah! Help!"

  As soon as Mu Sheng heard it was Bao Yue's voice, he didn't care about anything else and rushed in to rescue her. He saw that Bao Yue was backing away with her hands holding up her skirt, but the skirt was lifted a bit too high, revealing her white underpants inside. In front of her was a three-foot-long centipede snake spitting out blood-red venom and constantly approaching her, while Bao Yue was retreating backwards.

  Musheng saw this situation, quickly walked to the back of the snake, right hand quickly pinched the snake's head, left hand pressed the snake's tail, then right hand lifted it up and shook it, followed by a forceful swing. The python flew horizontally towards a tree, heavily hitting the tree, estimating that this unlucky python would not die but be severely injured.

  But just as Yue saw that the snake had been removed and was about to let out a sigh of relief, she suddenly found that Mu Sheng was staring at her. She felt strange in her heart, so she lowered her head to take a look, and then let out another "ah!"

  "Baoyue, what's wrong with you again!"

  "Mu, big brother Mu, please turn around first."

  Mo Sheng couldn't help but turn around, but in his heart he muttered, "The clothes aren't even off, what's the big deal? It's just underwear exposed outside, is it that serious?" Mo Sheng really didn't understand.

  Bao Yue turned around and walked a few steps into the bushes, but didn't dare to go too far, fearing another snake would appear. She crouched down and found that Mu Sheng couldn't see her, so she let out a sigh of relief. After carefully observing her surroundings and finding no snakes, she undid her pants. Only after finishing did Bao Yue tidy up her clothes and slowly walk out to Mu Sheng's side, saying in a low voice: "Mu big brother, it's done, let's go!" Then she hastily walked forward, got into the carriage, sat down, and covered her face with both hands, whispering: "I'm so embarrassed, I'm going to die of embarrassment."

  When Mu Sheng came up, Bao Yue just kept her head down and didn't dare to look at Mu Sheng, nor did she ask Mu Sheng to tell stories anymore. This actually made Mu Sheng quite happy, as he could finally rest.

  The uncle who was driving the carriage saw the two get on and urged the horse forward.

  Since Bao Yue didn't ask him to tell stories, Mu Sheng was happy to be idle and closed his eyes to rest. Bao Yue lowered her head, and after a while, she slowly raised it, but the red glow on her face still lingered. She lightly glanced at Mu Sheng, found that he was resting with his eyes closed, and then relaxed.

  The horse carriage suddenly stopped, and Mu Sheng and Bao Yue didn't know what was going on, so they got off the carriage to take a look. They saw three men in green clothes standing in front of the carriage, holding steel knives that shone brightly in the light, while the coachman's hands were shaking non-stop.

  "One of them said: 'Leave your money and this little girl behind, you two can get out of here.'"

  Upon hearing this, the uncle who was in a hurry to leave was about to walk away when Mu Sheng said: "Uncle, don't rush, it's fine." Seeing the determined look in Mu Sheng's eyes, the uncle hesitated and didn't leave.

  "Looks like you three are going for both money and beauty today."

  "Hmph, just knowing is enough, those who know what's good for them should scram quickly," one of the big men said.

  "Hmph!" Bao Yue coldly snorted.

  One of the big men laughed and said, "The little girl still has some temper, but I like it." The other two big men also burst out laughing.

  Mo Sheng didn't bother to talk to them, so he quickly threw out three copper coins. The laughter of the three people suddenly stopped, each maintaining a smiling expression. Mo Sheng and Bao Yue got on the carriage and said to the coachman, "Uncle, let's go!"

  The uncle who was in a hurry finally came back to his senses, "Oh!" he exclaimed and drove away.

  After Mo Sheng and they left, passersby were curious whenever they passed by this place. The three people on the side of the road stood still with a smile, and the pedestrians pointed at them, but when they saw the three shiny steel knives, no one dared to take a closer look.

  However, when a woman carrying a child passed by, the child said, "Mom, look at those three uncles laughing so hard." Hearing her son's words, the woman boldly carried the child and walked towards the three big men, and several catchers came behind them.

  The woman came before the big man, saw that the big man didn't move at all. The child was curious and stretched out his small hand to pull the big man's beard. Seeing that the big man still didn't move, the child asked in doubt: "Mother, why hasn't this uncle moved yet?" The woman shook her head indicating she didn't know, so the child pulled the big man's beard again.

  The big man's intestines were now green with regret, today was a complete defeat. The kid pulled his whiskers and that really hurt! The two people next to him looked at the big man with schadenfreude, also congratulating themselves: "Fortunately, I didn't grow a beard! Otherwise, it would be terrible! He's been boasting about his whiskers in front of me all this time, now he's in trouble!"

  At this time, several catchers who followed also walked forward and took a closer look at the three people. One of the catchers said: "Why do I think they look familiar?" Another catcher also said: "You're right, I have that feeling too."

  Another catcher seemed to be the leader, and he took out three portraits from his pocket. After comparing them with the three men in green clothes, he said, "Brothers, tie them up. This time we have made a great achievement."

  "Who are they?" one of the young runners asked.

  "These three are indeed the notorious Ho brothers that the master told us to capture." The leading constable laughed and said.

  "No wonder, I see they're quite familiar with each other," one of the constables said.

  Next, the constables bound the three men together and had one of them hire a horse-drawn carriage. They then laid the three big men down in the carriage and, humming a tune to themselves, headed towards the yamen.