Chapter 1190: Pranks
Mu Bowen had resigned from his official position before the new year. However, Madam Fang had just given birth at that time, so he did not set off south immediately. Besides, he also wanted to spend more time with his parents and family.
Hence, he brought his family to Taiyuan, then married his younger sister off. After that, he waited for Bosi to get married and the two newborn children to be slightly older before coming south to the capital.
As he had to travel slowly and did not know the exact distance, and because he wanted to give his older sister a surprise, he did not inform her in advance.
After hearing her brother’s explanation, Mu Yangling glared at him. "Surprise me? Why did you go to Pine Mountain Academy to give me a surprise?"
Mu Bowen scratched his head awkwardly and said, "That was unexpected."
Mu Bowen had to take care of his wife and children along the way, so he slowed down. As his speed was too slow, he couldn’t help but pay attention to the mountains and rivers along the way.
As he admired the scenery of the mountains and rivers, he couldn’t help but deviate a little from their intended path, so they encountered bandits.
This was not the scary part. Although Madam Fang and the others were frightened, the guards that Mu Shi had assigned to them had all been on the battlefield before and were more than capable of dealing with dozens of bandits.
What was heart-wrenching was that a group of people in front had already been killed. The patriarch of that family and more than ten servants had been killed, leaving only three people to protect the matriarch and two children. If they had not arrived in time, these people would probably not have survived.
According to them, they were relatives of Pine Mountain Academy’s Chief, Qin Shan and came to seek refuge with him. The patriarch was only 25 years old this year. Because he was preparing for the Spring Quarter Examinations next year, he came to the capital to seek refuge with Qin Shan, intending to study there in the meanwhile.