"Mu Xiu? The Qiumuling clan of the Northern Dynasty?"
When Gu Qing heard the name Mu Xiu, he felt very familiar.
She said it instinctively.
It wasn't because she remembered who Mu Xiu was, but she was simply guessing based on the surname.
"That's right! Mu Xiu is from the Qiumuling clan, one of the Eight Great Xianbei Nobles! His father is Mu Shao, the Great General of the State."
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 surnames of the Xianbei. Decades ago, the Northern Dynasties carried out a deeper sinicization, starting from the emperor, and promoted sinicization from top to bottom.
Not only did they learn the Han classics, etiquette, and norms, but even their surnames were sinicized.
The Qiumuling clan was changed to the Mu clan.
However, in the past decade or so, the Northern Dynasty has shown signs of "restoration", and some of the former Xianbei nobles have changed their surnames back.
Therefore, many nobles had Han surnames and Xianbei surnames at times, 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 slightly, but continued, "His biological mother was a Hu concubine, 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 were a family member, it would definitely be a "heretic".
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 their strength is more important.
The title of General is not a noble title. Although it can be inherited within the family, it relies on the ability to lead troops in battle rather than simply the eldest son's 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.
It’s a pity that 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 army.
However, Mu Shao did not completely dislike it.
After all, he was the child born to his beloved Meiji, 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 martial arts.
When he was in his teens, she tried every possible way 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 stray dog, Gu Yi still had the status 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 came from a first-class Xianbei family.
Although Mu Xiu has a strange appearance and a 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 had also written a letter to Gu Heng about this matter.
It was just that at that time, Gu Qingcheng was fully committed to infrastructure construction in Lingnan. Although Gu Heng was a hands-off boss, he would not really ignore it.
Both the grandfather and the 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 has to take him seriously.
He looked at the incredibly beautiful face of his 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 beautiful that he can't figure out whether Aqing still has empathy for an "outsider" like Mu Xiu.
As for whether Gu Qing could accept it, Gu Heng was not worried at all.
Because with Aqing's skills, even if she feels disgusted in her heart, she will not show it at all.
She can even perfectly portray kindness and approachability.
However, in his son's letter, Gu Heng could clearly feel that Gu Yi valued Mu Xiu as a student very much.
A direct disciple is 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, a faint sadness welling up in his heart.
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 subordinate to 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 have obvious differences——
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 doesn’t!
The moment she realized she was reborn, she abandoned everything in her past life.
Previous life?
Haha, she has been 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 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 the character value, Gu Qingcheng can no longer completely eliminate everything in the mission world.
She seemed to have 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...
PS: Hey, it’s the first day of August, so as usual I’m asking for monthly votes! ┗|｀O′|┛嗷~~
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