The little sister is a troublemaker

Chapter 138 Young and energetic

Qingyu withdrew her hand immediately. Zhang Kun was also stunned when he heard Li Mulan's words, but his eyes were fixed on Li Mulan who was wearing a bamboo hat. "You, what did you call me?"

Li Mulan took off her bamboo hat and smiled sweetly at Zhang Kun, "Uncle."

Zhang Kun looked at the delicate little face carefully, trying to find a hint of familiarity. When he saw the scar at the corner of Li Mulan's eye, his eyes widened suddenly, "Lan... Lan'er? How... how could it be? Didn't I say you... you..." He couldn't get out the other two words.

"I'm fine. This is a long story. Uncle, do you want me to talk to you here?" Li Mulan showed a sly smile and glanced at the man who just poked his head out from the next room, and the other man immediately shrank back.

Zhang Kun also reacted and hurriedly invited them into the house. He whispered to leave the space for the uncle and nephew, but did not go into the house, but stood guard at the door.

Li Mulan looked at the simple room and asked, "Uncle, aren't you afraid that I will lie to you?"

Zhang Kun glanced at the scar on the corner of Li Mulan's eye with a guilty look in his eyes, "That scar on the corner of your eye...if your uncle wasn't useless, it wouldn't have happened. Your uncle will never forget it in his life."

Li Mulan smiled. "I didn't expect this. This little scar saves me a lot of explanation. It's not bad, hehe."

Seeing his niece was so open-minded, Zhang Kun liked her even more. "Tell your uncle what's going on. Didn't they say you were...lost?"

"Yes, he was lost. He was lost for many years. He just reunited with his parents."

Li Mulan briefly told Zhang Kun about her life over the years, that is, she was picked up by her master and brought back to the mountains, traveled around to Mobei, then found her parents, and followed them back to Kyoto.

"Then how did you know I was here?"

"The Regent said so."

"Regent?" Zhang Kun was shocked. How could this niece be related to the Regent?

"Oh, it's nothing. I did a business deal with the Regent, but we're not really familiar with each other."

"Trade?" Zhang Kun's mind worked quickly. "I went out today and heard that the palace issued an imperial decree to the Li family. Your mother was conferred the title of a third-rank lady. Was it because the Li family handed over some special weapons? Because of this?"

The Li family are all scholars, where did they get their special weapons? The only variable may be the niece who was just found.

Li Mulan raised her eyebrows. Her uncle was smart. "That's right."

Zhang Kun didn't ask what the weapon was. He would never ask about things he shouldn't know. "So why did you come to see me this time?"

"It's for my mother."

Hearing Li Mulan's words, Zhang Kun's eyes instantly became gentle, "Your mother...is she okay?"

"I'm fine. I just miss you and...grandmother."

Zhang Kun's body stiffened and his eyes turned red instantly.

Li Mulan continued, "She had just returned to Kyoto, so she couldn't come to visit. After all, back then... However, the situation at the Li family has become clear. It's impossible for my mother not to come into contact with outsiders. The matter of my grandmother must not be kept secret."

Zhang Kun raised his head and met Li Mulan's gaze, "You know?"

Li Mulan nodded helplessly, "I knew it long before I returned to Kyoto. My grandfather told me."

“Your grandmother…” Zhang Kun’s aura suddenly changed, his eyes were bloodshot with hatred, “She was killed by that bitch Guo.”

Guo? Li Mulan guessed that it should be Zhang Zheng's legal wife.

"What exactly is going on? Can uncle tell me in detail?"

Zhang Kun's body trembled, as if he was trying to suppress his anger. He took a few deep breaths before he calmed down a little. "Eight years ago, your grandmother..."

In fact, it was just a very common family feud in which the wife played a prank on her concubine, but it just happened to Li Mulan's grandmother.

Li Mulan's grandmother, Aunt Lin, was originally a merchant's daughter. Zhang Zheng took a fancy to her and took her into his backyard. She was also favored, but men are fickle, and soon he lost interest in Aunt Lin.

Zhang Zheng's wife, Guo, was jealous. The favored concubines in the backyard were fine, but the unfavored ones were all in dire straits. But Zhang Zheng didn't care about that at all. Women were just something new to him.

I thought that Lin Yi Niang was bullied and that was it for her whole life. But Zhang Ruomei was favored by Li Yi, the eldest son of Li Taifu, and was hired as his wife. Guo couldn't stand this and became more and more annoyed with Lin Yi Niang. But the Taifu Mansion was not easy to mess with. Because of this, Guo only dared to do some small tricks behind the scenes and didn't dare to do anything too much in public.

However, the Li family was confiscated and exiled, and Zhang Zheng and Zhang Ruomei severed their father-daughter relationship. Guo became even more aggressive from then on, settling all the old and new grudges. During those years, Zhang Kun and Aunt Lin had the most difficult time in the official residence, and they even had no food to eat.

Even so, Aunt Lin still secretly embroidered things and sold them. She saved the money and tried to have Zhang Kun send it to Mobei. In this way, her health became worse and worse.

Eight years ago, Guo found out about Aunt Lin selling embroidery and also found out about her and her son sending things to Mobei. She took the opportunity to punish Aunt Lin with a stick.

Aunt Lin was already in poor health, and she couldn't get up after being beaten. During those days, Zhang Kun begged Zhang Zheng to hire a doctor for his aunt. But Zhang Zheng didn't care at all. A aunt was nothing in his eyes. Especially when he knew that the mother and daughter had secretly sent things to Mobei, he was very dissatisfied with this son. Even though his academic performance was much better than that of the legitimate son, it was still useless.

Two days later, Aunt Lin passed away, wrapped in a straw mat and thrown directly into a mass grave. Zhang Kun searched like crazy, and finally found the skinny body of his aunt. He cried while digging a hole and buried Aunt Lin, with a simple wooden sign, without even a tombstone. It was also during these years that Zhang Kun took root in the army, and he came back to erect a tombstone for his aunt.

Zhang Kun hated everyone in the Zhang family, especially Zhang Zheng. If it weren't for his inaction and irresponsibility, his aunt wouldn't have died, and they wouldn't have lived such a miserable life.

That day, Zhang Kun rushed into Zhang Zheng's yard with a knife in hand, like a madman. Guo was also there at the time, but she was frightened. Fortunately, there were many guards at home who stopped the madman in time.

Li Mulan could also imagine what would happen next. After all, it was a scandal, and Zhang Zheng certainly didn't want it to be publicized. But for Zhang Kun, it was no different from being expelled from the Zhang family.

So, eight years ago, Zhang Kun had no choice but to give up his studies and join the army.

Li Mulan looked at Zhang Kun, who was smiling bitterly, and tried to calm him down. "Uncle was very brave, but it's a pity that he didn't kill the couple."

Zhang Kun felt a little ashamed, "I was young and impulsive at that time."