I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 649: After half a lifetime, I can’t wait to look back.

The Murong family was a rare family in the previous dynasty.

My ancestors made their fortune from the escort agency, but the previous dynasty was turbulent, and the escort agency business was even more difficult.

The bounty for escorting the goods is not as much as the fine for the lost goods.

Although he managed to survive by relying on his friendship with the military strategist, his downfall was almost inevitable.

That year, the Mu family suffered a disaster, and Mu Zhen, a seven-year-old child, was the only one left in the entire clan.

Fortunately, he was rescued by Sun Jingfei, the chief military strategist at that time.

Mu Zhen learned to read and write at the age of three, and at the age of five he was able to write articles so beautifully that some people could never dream of doing so in their entire lives.

Sun Jingfei didn't want Mu Zhen's talent to be buried. If he stayed with him, he would only be branded as a military strategist.

Therefore, the eight-year-old Mu Zhen was entrusted to the Murong family, which had no background in the Hundred Clan.

That year, four-year-old Murong Jinxiu met this silly and rambling older brother for the first time.

Only she knew that this boy, who seemed to be indifferent to worldly affairs and had only knowledge and scholarship in his eyes, actually had unspeakable hatred in his heart.

Childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts.

Mu Zhen's life in Murong's family was not bad, because he was entrusted by the military chief, and he did not have to experience the situation of living under someone else's roof and being looked down upon everywhere.

On the contrary, there is an eldest daughter of the Murong family who protects him everywhere.

In the following four years, Mu Zhen's qualifications were noticed by Confucianists, and he was even accepted as a disciple by the Confucian master himself.

That year, Mu Zhen left the Murong family and went to the Sage Residence to study.

It was from then on that Mu Zhen no longer concealed his brilliance.

In just ten years, he has become a leader among the younger generation among hundreds of schools.

The Murong family and the saint live in the south and the north respectively. The only thing Murong Jinxiu looks forward to is the few days every year when Mu Zhen returns to visit the Murong family.

But as he grew older, Mu Zhen returned to Murong's house less and less often.

Until he was 22 years old, Mu Zhen, who had not returned to the Murong family for three consecutive years and was even accused of being ungrateful without making any explanation, began to investigate the truth behind the demise of his family.

It was also at that time that he met the two geniuses of the Mohist school who were out gaining experience, Mo Wuyan and Shen Sanniang.

The three of them hit it off right away and went through countless hardships and obstacles together, becoming more than family.

In the same year, another talented girl emerged from the Murong family. She was noticed by a great scholar and became the first female disciple of the Sage Residence.

The eighteen-year-old Murong Jinxiu went to the Saint's Residence with great joy, but failed to see the boy whom she had missed for ten years.

Fortunately, not long after that, Mu Zhen returned to the Saint's Residence.

The two who had not seen each other for many years met again, and Mu Zhen told the little sister who was closest to him in the Murong family the truth about the destruction of his family.

That day, Murong Jinxiu did not express her feelings to Mu Zhen. Her immaturity made it impossible for her to say it out loud.

But he returned home the day after Mu Zhen left.

She knew that Mu Zhen had hatred in his heart, and for the first time she knew what this hatred was. She hoped that the Murong family could lend a helping hand to Mu Zhen.

Only when Mu Zhen’s revenge is achieved, will the two lovers finally get married.

What she didn't expect was that as soon as she arrived home, she heard the news that Mu Zhen was expelled from the Confucian school.

The reason was that a third-rank official in the capital was plotted to have his entire family wiped out.

The perpetrators were two men and one woman, one of whom was Mu Zhen.

The Murong family immediately distanced themselves from Mu Zhen.

The Mohist clan saved Mo Wuyan and Shen Sanniang in exchange for handing over the battle array armor production drawings and staying away from the court.

However, there were many Confucian officials in the court, and even if the Confucian teachers had the intention, none of the Twelve Great Confucianists agreed to sacrifice the interests of Confucianism to save Mu Zhen.

In the end, it was Sun Jingfei who surrendered his military power, resigned from his position as military leader, and even retired from the court and returned home, only then did the court stop pursuing the matter.

Mu Zhen also disappeared from the world's sight from then on.

For a long time afterwards, Murong Jinxiu had been trying to find out about Mu Zhen.

However, when she finally found Mu Zhen, she learned that Mu Zhen had a gambling fight with Mo Wuyan for Shen Sanniang, and even lost one of his legs because of it.

During that period of time, she stayed by Mu Zhen's side until Mu Zhen woke up, and then she left sadly.

She also begged Shen Sanniang not to tell Mu Zhen about her visit.

Since the Murong family sacrificed their own car to save their own car, she didn't know how to face Mu Zhen.

Especially when she learned that the Confucian master did not really expel Mu Zhen from the sect.

Instead, he entrusted Mu Zhen to one of his junior fellow apprentices who lived in seclusion at the cost of giving up his real power.

This prompted the Confucian scholars in the court to accept Sun Jingfei's proposal to save Mu Zhen.

In the end, the only one who truly abandoned Mu Zhen was the Murong family where he had lived since childhood.

The reason why Mu Zhen deliberately distanced himself from the Murong family was to avoid implicating the Murong family.

Mu Zhending guessed that Murong Jinxiu would go home for help on his behalf, so he found Murong Jinxiu and explained the reason to her before deciding to take revenge.

The purpose was to let Murong Jinxiu go home and report the news so that the Murong family could make preparations early.

It was rare that the Murong family did not let Mu Zhen down.

Later, the three surnames of Song, Zhao and Li revolted.

In just a few months, Jiuzhou changed its name.

The past was wiped out and Mu Zhen returned to Confucianism.

However, it brought about the "Xinxue" that was enough to subvert the existing Confucian doctrines.

As fate would have it, the leading scholar who opposed the School of Mind was Murong Jinxiu's teacher.

When the two met again, they had become rivals.

However, even so, Murong Jinxiu still favors Mu Zhen in every aspect.

So in the fourth year of Hongwen, Murong Jinxiu's teacher found her and claimed that as long as Mu Zhen dared to come to grab the bride, he would no longer prevent the two from interacting.

He also promised to let Mu Zhen enter the court so that he could fulfill his ambitions.

Of course Murong Jinxiu didn't want to do that. She would rather guard him silently like this than marry another person, especially when that person was the son whom Mu Zhen regarded as her reborn parent.

Murong Jinxiu would never do such a thing as being your sister-in-law if she can't be your wife.

As luck would have it, Murong Jinxiu's master somehow managed to trick Shen Sanniang into coming.

It turned out that Mu Zhen had already revealed his secrets to this pair of close friends. He naturally knew Murong Jinxiu's feelings, and his heart was already moved.

It was only because he felt that he almost implicated the Murong family in his revenge and that he owed Murong Jinxiu that he did not dare to express his feelings.

To be on the safe side, Shen Sanniang went out of her way to ask questions, even using provocative words.

Murong Jinxiu, who was hiding in the dark, actually heard those words.

"If Jinxiu really wants to marry someone she doesn't like, even if it's against etiquette, I will definitely take her away."

So, a grand wedding was held in the Taiwei Mansion.

What was unexpected was that the groom was changed from Sun Poju to the Grand Marshal Sun Jingfei, who was several decades older than Murong Jinxiu.

The wedding lasted for a day and a night, and Emperor Hongwen was present in person as a witness.

It was also at that wedding that the remnants of the previous dynasty lurking in the capital came out in full force to assassinate Emperor Hongwen, who had left the protection of the imperial palace for the first time in four years.

It was then that everyone realized that the wedding was just a trap, and the person who set it up was Murong Jinxiu's teacher.

The purpose is to eliminate the remnants of the previous dynasty hiding in the capital.

It was also because of that wedding that Mu Zhen left the capital and returned to the Saint's Residence and lived on the third floor.

Stealing a bride?

How could he snatch the love of a man who had saved him time and again and treated him like a brother and a father?

He had done this once before and had lost one of his legs for it.

Murong Jinxiu's teacher also saw this point, one strategy, one stone, three birds.

He drove away Mu Zhen, the thorn in his side, and established a firm foothold in Xing Dynasty, and won over the new nobles who returned to the court through marriage.

The wedding did not take place as planned, and everyone knew that this was just a setup against the remnants of the previous dynasty.

However, Murong Jinxiu's teacher did not let Mu Zhen go. He produced evidence that Mu Zhen had made friends with the remnants of the previous dynasty for personal vengeance.

At this time, Murong Jinxiu, who had been sitting in the auditorium for a day and a night waiting for her lover to appear, spoke up in her capacity as the wife of the Grand Marshal to vouch for Mu Zhen.

As it was related to treason, General Sun could only acquiesce, neither agreeing nor denying it.

With the help of the new left prime minister, Prince Yan came to the capital on the pretext of celebrating Miss Liu's birthday and discussing her marriage, and then he started shouting in the court.

In the end, the matter ended abruptly with Mu Zhen being banned from court for life.

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Li Mu's eyes became moist as he looked at Murong Jinxiu, who was following the wheelchair cautiously in front of him, not daring to move forward but unwilling to slow down.

"She has been chasing him for half her life. Now she is nearly 60 years old. Why doesn't the teacher even look back?"