"With the addition of urgent newspapers, how dare the military department hide it." Mu Zhengyi replied with a frown.

"That Qin chief is a Qincha after all," Old Madam Mu replied, "It is a great crime to imprison Qincha, and your father and your uncle will not be able to detain him for a long time, lest things will be difficult to clean up." I think that soon after the departure of our messenger, the men were released. We can think of this, and the people in the military department can also think of it. They don't need to hide it, they just need to detain it for a few days and report it slowly. When Lord Qin returns to Beijing, this matter may be another way of saying. ”

"I'll go to Director Jiang now." Mu Zhengyi stood up: "Since uncle and father trust him, then I'll go and ask his opinion."

"Don't be busy just yet." Old Madam Mu waved her hand: "Don't be frizzy and alarm people again." Since your father has prepared five pieces, then we will all use them, and at this time, where can we manage so much. ”

"Grandmother, ......" Mu Zhengyi opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Old Madam Mu had already made up her mind.

She nodded at Mu Zhengyi as if she was sure, and ordered in a calm tone: "Call your sister over, I will let her go out to 'pay homage'."

"Grandmother!" Mu Zhengyi could probably guess Old Madam Mu's thoughts, but he was really a little unhappy now. It's all good, but why do you have to involve red clothes? He felt that he might not be able to go to Director Jiang to discuss it. My sister is just a thirteen-year-old girl, just live happily, why tell her this, let her worry.

"Zhengyi, I know you feel sorry for Hongshang," Old Madam Mu glanced at Mu Zhengyi's face, and probably guessed what her eldest grandson was thinking: "But although your sister is only thirteen years old, she is very smart, you don't always treat her as a child, and don't treat us women as ignorant women and children in the back house." As I said before, you want to try to protect us, and we want to try to help you and protect you. ”

"Don't look at your sister as young, but she also wants to do something for you, for your uncle and father at the border, and for the north. You all went to the battlefield one by one, and she was the only one who grew up with you, but in the end she had to be locked up at home, watching you fight on the battlefield, and she wanted to help you and protect you, but she couldn't do anything. Do you think that if you don't say anything, keep hiding from her and protecting her, she can really grow up stupidly all the way without a heart? She just didn't say it, not that she didn't understand. Zhengyi, after all, she is the daughter of the Mu family and the daughter of An Guogong. ”

Mu Zhengyi was silent for a long time before he said, "But I don't want her to be sensible so early."

"I don't want to." Old Madam Mu lowered her eyes and sighed heavily: "But what can I do!" This kid has grown up before he knows it. And the clothes, everything is not important, only the affairs of the north are the most important. Things have to be fast, and it's best to do both. It's dusk now, you immediately go to the military department to deliver the song according to the process, and then don't delay and go directly to visit Director Jiang. Your uncle and father believe in Jiang's affairs, but I think that a six-grade master, even if he has the heart, may not be able to help, so I would rather be safe and let your sister go out in person. ”

"Where does grandmother want my sister to go?" Mu Zhengyi raised his head, and his face had returned to calm. Grandmother is right, everything is not important, only the things in the north are the most important, and it is safer to do both.

"Xie Xiangjia." Old Madam Mu replied: "After all, Xiang Xie is the prime minister, and he is the fifth prince's foreign family, and the children in the family are also promising, and they are more hardened. And he is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, strictly speaking, the repair of city defense in the north is also inseparable from the Ministry of Industry, and it makes sense for him to come to help with the performance. Lord Xie Changjing's eldest daughter is friendly with your sister, so I will first let your sister take her to the door in the name of 'visiting the sick'. Give it to Xie Xiang, and you can see tomorrow. ”

"If Xiang Xie refuses to help, and Director Jiang can't help it, I'll let your sister go to Gu Bachelor's Mansion tomorrow. Your sister and Master Gu's granddaughter are also on good terms. It's just that Master Gu has always been careful, he is in charge of the Privy Council and the Subordinate Hall, and he is not involved in the affairs of the six departments, which is different from the status of the three phases, and it is not impossible to ask him for help, but it is inevitably a little embarrassing. I'm afraid that if he helps to pass the music, the three phases will think that his hands are too long. So if Xie Xiang is willing to respond, we won't be embarrassed for Gu Daxue, and it will be difficult for people in the province to do it. ”

"I see." Mu Zhengyi stood up: "I'll go to the military department now." Uncle and father's recital is urgent, logically speaking, the military department cannot be pressed, it should be delivered to the palace overnight, no matter what, it will be known tomorrow. ”

"Yes!" Old Madam Mu nodded: "Regardless of the Ministry of War, Director Jiang or Xie Xiang, we must send the music to the department tonight." It would be good if it could be sent to the emperor through these three ways tomorrow, if not, then think of other ways, no matter what, within two days, it is necessary to let the northern music be placed on the emperor's imperial case. If the normal way doesn't work, then you have to think of some out-of-the-way ideas. ”

"Don't worry, grandmother, I don't think so." Mu Zhengyi shook his head: "My father and uncle's performance is reasonable and well-founded, and the people in the military department can see the seriousness at a glance."

"You go first, don't delay, I'll talk about your sister here." Old Madam Mu waved her hand at Mu Zhengyi: "Go quickly."

Mu Zhengyi stopped talking, picked up two copies of the notes and turned around and left Mrs. Mu's courtyard. He went directly to the stable, led the horse out of the house, and went straight to the military headquarters.

Mu Hongshang washed her face, combed her hair again, changed her clothes, and was squatting in the yard to play with Mu Biying. Cuiliu in Old Madam Mu's house suddenly came in in a hurry.

"Miss," Cuiliu was a little afraid of Mu Biying, so she said loudly at the gate of the courtyard, "Old lady, please go over now."

"Huh?" Mu Hongshang was a little strange, she raised her head and looked at the sky: "Now?" Is dinner so early today? ”

"The old lady hasn't set up dinner in the house yet," Cuiliu pursed her lips and smiled: "I just said that the eldest lady is going over now, what is the matter of the slave maid I don't know." Maybe the old lady hid snacks for the eldest lady. ”

"Okay." Mu Hongshang stood up with a smile. She left the lotus leaf in the courtyard to accompany Mu Biying, and took the water chestnut and Cuiliu to Mrs. Mu's house together.

When she arrived at Mrs. Mu's courtyard, Mu Hongshang, as usual, looked elated and jumped into the house. The water chestnut who followed her pursed her lips and smiled, and was about to follow up to serve, but Cuiliu grabbed her sleeve.

"Water chestnut." Cuiliu waved her hand at the water chestnut and led her to a corner of the courtyard: "The old lady has something to explain to the eldest lady, let's wait here first."