One day in early June, the dusty Mu Zhengyi really appeared in front of the gate of the Anguo Mansion. In order to catch up with his sister's birthday on June 13, he hurried his horse and whipped, riding a starry night by himself, and arrived in the capital in just 12 days.

Mu Zhengyi was actually very embarrassed when he entered the city, in order to hurry, he didn't have a good rest for many days, and he missed the night before entering Beijing, and spent the night in the wild, so he didn't have time to take care of himself.

His hair was a little messy, stubble appeared on his cheeks, and his robe was dirty, and the original navy blue robe was printed with white sweat stains, and the dust that had been rubbed on it at some point, and the whole thing looked gray.

His horse also looked a little embarrassed, after a long journey, and when he reached the finish line, he looked a little discouraged, listless, with a small duffel roll hanging on the side of the saddle, and a neat little package.

The dirty and embarrassed Mu Zhengyi rode through the north gate of the capital early in the morning. He straddled his horse, his waist straight, and behind him he carried a glittering glaive, and although he was disheveled, he still looked majestic.

Mu Zhengyi took the general's waist card and the edict to return to Beijing, and the big Mu character on the waist card made the city guard consciously make way for him, and did not dare to let him dismount in front of the city gate like an ordinary person.

Even if he looks embarrassed, Mu Zhengyi is in good spirits, his eyes are shining, his scattered hair is slightly blown by the wind, floating on his sideburns, just like this, he is carrying a sharp weapon, swaggering through the streets of the capital, attracting many passers-by.

When the Anguo Mansion received the news that Mu Zhengyi had returned to Beijing, he had already dismounted in front of his own gate. One person and one horse, without much pomp, Mu Zhengyi stood alone on the stone steps in front of the gate of Anguo Mansion.

In fact, the side door of the Anguo Mansion was open, and the servant on duty on the side door immediately shouted in surprise when he saw Mu Zhengyi. But Mu Zhengyi didn't go through the side door, he smiled and stood here quietly waiting.

After a while, the main gate of the Anguo Mansion was opened, not only the main gate was opened, but all the doors on the central axis of the Anguo Mansion were opened one by one, and the screens through the hall were all removed, from the gate to the back house, a straight line led to the end.

This is the long-standing rule of the Anguo Mansion, and the returning military generals do not go through the side door. The Anguo Mansion will welcome them home with the highest standards.

Mu Zhengyi smiled. He slowly stepped on the stone steps, and before he stepped into the door of his house, he saw several figures running from afar, and the little girl who ran in front was dressed in red, combed a sturdy double screw bun, and lifted her skirt high, eager to jump across one threshold after another.

"Big brother! Big brother!" Mu Hongshang shouted loudly as she ran, her cheeks were red, and her eyes were shining like stars. Like a reckless pony, she bumped straight into Mu Zhengyi at the gate.

Mu Zhengyi opened his arms, caught his sister who rushed over, and lifted her up directly: "Hongshang has grown taller, in two years, the eldest brother will not be able to lift you."

"Big brother! Big brother!" Mu Hongshang was so happy that she didn't seem to be able to speak, so she would keep calling her eldest brother repeatedly, and her two hands kept pulling Mu Zhengyi's sleeves like kitten paws.

"Big brother!" Immediately followed by Mu Zhengyi's younger brother Mu Qingyi, the usually calm young man was also a little excited, as if tears were about to fall out: "Big brother! You're finally back! Seven or eight days later than originally said, my mother has been sending people to the intersection every day since the end of May to wait for you, and finally I hope you back. ”

"Tsing Yi," Mu Zhengyi's eyes were also red, he put Mu Hongshang down, stretched out his hand and patted his younger brother's shoulder: "I've grown so much taller." When I left, you weren't much taller than the current red dress, and in just two years, you made such a big cut. ”

At this time, two more heads were revealed behind Mu Qingyi, it was Mu Lingyi and Mu Jinyi, and they were also happy, and they kept circling around Mu Zhengyi.

Then, Mu Zhengyi saw his grandmother come out. My grandmother, who was already in her sixties, did not want to be helped, and her steps were hurried and fast, almost trotting out.

Mu Zhengyi was so frightened that he hurriedly left his younger siblings to help Mrs. Mu: "Grandmother, why did you come out, you should wait for your grandson to kowtow to you in Wuyingtang."

"My eldest grandson is home, how can I not come out to greet him," Old Madam Mu had tears in her eyes, and reached out to touch Mu Zhengyi's face: "Thin!" It's dark too! The shoulders are a little stronger. ”

It was the ladies of the Mu family who chased Mrs. Mu out, and the second Mrs. Mu walked in the front, she grabbed her son's arm, and only called her son's name, and began to burst into tears.

The most lively thing is that An Guogong, who had already gone to the court, suddenly wore an official robe, and hurriedly stepped in from the gate, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that Mu Zhengyi was still standing not far from the gate, surrounded by the daughters and children of the family.

"Clothes!" An Guogong didn't know that Mu Zhengyi's mother was letting him go, he unceremoniously reached out and pulled Mu Zhengyi out of the crowd, and after carefully looking at him, he began to pat him on the shoulder and laughed: "Good boy!" It's a lot stronger! In the past two years, it seems that the northern border has also risen a little. It's been two years! I'm looking forward to bringing you back!"

"Xianggong!" Duchess An Guo glanced at An Guogong with a complaining face: "Zhengyi has just come back, and the second brother and sister haven't taken a good look at him." What are you anxious about. Besides, aren't you going to the court? How did he come back again? ”

"I heard that I took a leave of absence when I came back." An Guogong replied with a smile: "It's also a coincidence, I met Jin Lingwei's city patrol captain today on the way to the court. Congratulations when they saw me, I don't know what is going on. It was he who told me that General Mu had entered the city today, and I immediately knew that it was Zhengyi who had returned. ”

"Don't stand here and talk, go to Wuyingtang," Old Madam Mu wiped the corners of her eyes, and said in a loud voice with a happy face: "Welcome General Mu Zhengyi back to his house."

Mu Zhengyi was about to step forward and follow his grandmother, when he saw his four younger siblings lined up, smiling and clenching at him, and said in a loud voice: "Welcome General Mu Zhengyi back to his home."

"Naughty!" Mu Zhengyi looked at his pretending brothers and sisters, and couldn't help laughing.

The military generals who returned home crossed the thresholds in the center of the Anguo Mansion and walked a straight road. At the end of this road is not the courtyard of Mrs. Mu, but the Wuying Hall for the tablets of the martyrs and generals of the Mu family.

In the Wuying Hall, the young military general Mu Zhengyi respectfully kowtowed to the tablets of the generals of the Mu family, thanking them for their blessings, and blessed himself with two years of safety at the border, and this time he was able to return safely.