Chapter 701 Old Friend
"Mu Xiu? The Qiumuling clan of the Northern Dynasty?"
When Gu Qing heard the name Mu Xiu, he felt it was very familiar.
She said it instinctively.
It was not because she remembered who Mu Xiu was, but she simply guessed based on the surname.
"That's right! Mu Xiu is from the Qiumuling clan, one of the eight great nobles of the Xianbei! His father is the great general Mu Shao."
Gu Heng had long been accustomed to his granddaughter's sharpness.
Therefore, I was not surprised at all when I saw that Gu Qing guessed Mu Xiu's background based on just a surname.
Qiumuling is one of the eight major Xianbei clans. Decades ago, the Northern Dynasties carried out a further step of sinicization, starting from the emperor, and promoted sinicization from top to bottom.
Not only did they learn Han classics, etiquette, and norms, but even their surnames were sinicized.
Qiumuling's family name was changed to Mu.
However, in the past decade or so, there have been signs of "restoration" of the Northern Dynasties, and some of the former Xianbei nobles have changed their surnames back.
Therefore, many nobles had Han surnames sometimes and Xianbei surnames sometimes, and their surnames were not very fixed.
Mu Xiu is sometimes Mu Xiu, and sometimes Qiu Muling Xiu.
Gu Qingcheng directly said that Mu Xiu was from the Qiu Muling clan, which is also a relatively accurate statement.
"Mu Xiu is Mu Shao's eldest son, but he is not a legitimate son."
At this point, Gu Heng hesitated a little, but continued, "His biological mother was a Hu Ji, and she was very beautiful."
Beauty has always been universal.
Blonde hair, blue eyes, skin whiter than snow, good at singing and dancing, and a curvy figure... If it happened to one of our own family members, it would definitely be considered "heresy".
But if it is a beauty sent as tribute, men are still very happy to pamper her.
Mu Xiu perfectly inherited her biological mother's hair color, skin color, and eye color.
They are absolutely different from the Chinese people with black hair and black eyes.
So, although he was Mu Shao's eldest son, he lost his inheritance rights at birth.
Not even qualified to compete.
You know, the Qiumuling family is a family of military honors, and more emphasis is placed on military strength.
The Grand General is not a title. Although it can be inherited in the family, it relies on the ability to lead troops in battle rather than simple legitimate bloodline.
If Mu Xiu looked more "normal", even if he was ugly, he would be able to compete with his brothers, both legitimate and illegitimate.
What a pity, Mu Xiu just happens to be so "outstanding" in appearance.
When Mu Shao saw the newborn Mu Shao with golden brown hair, he knew that this son was doomed!
No matter how capable he is, he cannot inherit the Qiumuling family's troops.
However, Mu Shao did not completely dislike it.
After all, he was the child born to his beloved Mei Ji, and also his first son, so Mu Shao still had some kindness towards Mu Xiu.
Although he denied Mu Xiu's inheritance rights, he also invited famous teachers to teach him writing and kung fu.
When he was in his teens, people tried every means to find a future for him.
Just at this time, Gu Yi led his family to flee to the Northern Dynasty.
Although he was a lost dog, Gu Yi still had the status of a member of the Wujun Gu family and the title of a famous scholar.
On the way, Gu Yi formed an alliance with Yuwen Song and successfully got in touch with the nobles of the Northern Dynasty.
Therefore, Gu Yi and his Gu family did not decline, and they quickly gained a foothold in the aristocratic circle of the Northern Dynasty.
Mu Shao searched around and then set his sights on Gu Yi.
He brought Mu Xiu to the Gu family and begged Gu Yi to accept Mu Xiu as his disciple.
Mu Shao was a general who was on par with Yuwen Song, and also from a first-class Xianbei family.
Although Mu Xiu has a strange appearance and flawed background, he is the eldest son of the general.
As for Gu Yi, although he has successfully established himself in the Northern Dynasty, the more "allies" the better!
So, Gu Yi didn't care about Mu Xiu's appearance and formally accepted Mu Xiu as his disciple.
Gu Yi once wrote a letter to Gu Heng to tell him about this matter.
It was just that at that time, Gu Qingcheng was focusing on infrastructure construction in Lingnan, and although Gu Heng was a hands-off boss, he would not really just ignore it.
Both the grandfather and grandson were busy with their careers and didn't care at all that their son (the father) took in a brown-haired, blue-eyed monster as his apprentice.
However, things are different now. When Gu Yi returned, he brought Mu Xiu with him. In the future, he will live with the Gu family day and night, so Gu Heng will have to take him seriously.
He looked at the incredibly beautiful face of his little granddaughter. The dark and ugly little girl in his memory was completely gone. Gu Heng couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Alas, I had originally thought that my little granddaughter herself had suffered from her appearance, and she would probably feel sympathy for Mu Xiu, and would be able to accept Mu Xiu better.
However, things are different now.
Aqing has grown up and become so stunningly beautiful that he is not sure whether Aqing still has empathy for an "outsider" like Mu Xiu.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
As for whether Gu Qing could accept it, Gu Heng was not worried at all.
Because according to Aqing's skills, even if she feels disgusted in her heart, she won't show it at all.
She can even perfectly portray kindness and approachability.
However, from his son's letter, Gu Heng could clearly feel that Gu Yi valued Mu Xiu as a student very much.
Direct disciples are no less important than one’s own children.
Gu Heng hopes that Aqing, as Gu Yi’s biological daughter, can get along sincerely with the disciples that Gu Yi values.
The word "sincerity" is really rare.
Gu Heng held the letter in his hand, feeling a little sad.
Gu Qingcheng didn't notice anything unusual about her grandfather. She was still immersed in his words.
"Mu Xiu returned to the Southern Dynasty with his father?"
"That's right! With Yuwen Quan in power, the other generals will definitely not accept it!"
"Yuwen Song has chosen to lie low, but veteran nobles like Mu Shao may not be willing to be under Yuwen Quan!"
Gu Qingcheng speculated while recalling the memories of her past life.
To be honest, although both are reborn, Gu Qingcheng and Gu Youyi are obviously different——
Gu Youyi is very superstitious about her experiences in her past life and always acts according to the rules of her past life.
But Gu Qingcheng would not! The moment she realized she was reborn, she abandoned everything in her previous life.
Previous life?
Haha, she was reborn, so her past life can only be her past life.
In this life, even if she was not bound by the system, Gu Qingcheng would have chosen another path.
At most, the emergence of the system will make Gu Qingcheng's journey smoother.
Therefore, Gu Qingcheng didn’t care at all about what happened in her past life.
She will just work hard according to her own plan.
In addition, she often travels between various small worlds and has experienced too many lives. Even if the related memories, emotions, etc. are erased, these experiences will not really disappear.
Especially in the recent missions, perhaps affected by his character value, Gu Qingcheng could no longer completely eliminate everything in the mission world.
She seemed to have really lived several lifetimes.
The past life of this world has become increasingly vague.
Mu Xiu?
Mu Buqi? !
She remembered the old friend from her previous life...
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