Mu Qingyi arrived in the north on such a rainy day. He didn't even have time to go to Yanzhou to meet his father, so he went directly to Shuozhou, entered the Shuobei General's Mansion and began to learn how to be a military advisor.

He was the only Mu family member who arrived in the north before the age of eighteen, but Mu Qingyi actually felt that he was very lucky, at least he stayed in the military tent most of the time, and did not have to patrol and meet the enemy like his brothers.

In fact, as a trainee military advisor who was only seventeen years old, all he could do was study hard and try his best to assist his fourth uncle in handling some non-urgent paperwork and official duties.

But even so, Shuobei General Mu Chengde was still very happy. After Tsing Yi came, he felt that he was really a lot more relaxed, and he didn't know if it was because of the psychological effect. Mu Chengde felt that his nephew was simply too smart and learned everything quickly, he was very confident in Tsing Yi, and felt that in time, Tsing Yi would definitely become an excellent military strategist.

When Mu Qingyi set off from the capital, in fact, the Anguo Mansion had just sent a letter to the north. But Tsing Yi still volunteered to be a post envoy, bringing a letter from home and many things prepared by the family to the north.

However, it has been two months since he arrived in the north, in fact, except for the fourth uncle Mu Chengde, he has not had a chance to meet the rest of his family! Uncle and father are in Yanzhou, and brothers are all in Youzhou. Mu Qingyi had no choice but to divide these letters and items one by one, and asked the local messenger in the north to send them to Yanzhou and Youzhou.

It was not until mid-September, when the rainy season passed, that Mu Zhengyi and Mu Tieyi had the opportunity to visit Mu Qingyi in Shuozhou. At this time, Mu Qingyi already had the appearance of a northerner, his hair was tied behind his head with coarse cloth strips, and he was wearing a coarse cloth robe.

As soon as Mu Zhengyi saw his younger brother's dress, he immediately laughed: "I didn't expect Tsing Yi to have today." ”

"Big brother doesn't have to laugh at me," Mu Qingyi said with a smile: "Aren't you also wearing a coarse cloth robe?" Thanks to my sister-in-law, I specially asked me to bring you two or three robes, but it was really in vain for my sister-in-law's thoughts. ”

Mu Tieyi smiled and quipped: "Those robes brought by my sister-in-law, where is my sister-in-law willing to wear them, I just want to offer them every day." According to me, my sister-in-law's needlework is so good, it is a waste to collect it in vain, I wanted to find my eldest brother to wear one, but my eldest brother couldn't think of it, he didn't wear it, and I was not allowed to wear it. ”

"It's tiring to make a robe," Mu Zhengyi smiled and pushed Mu Tieyi: "Why should your sister-in-law wear the robe that she worked so hard to make?" If you want, wait until next year when you marry your daughter-in-law, and let your daughter-in-law do it for you. ”

"The eldest brother is afraid that he will be tired of the sister-in-law," Mu Qingyi immediately added: "Then it is serious for you to go back to Beijing quickly." You don't know, do you? In the days when you are away, the sister-in-law is about to wrap the needlework on the little sister. ”

Mu Zhengyi was not unhappy when he heard this, he even felt that when he was not at home, Gu Yilan had something to do, so he replied with a smile: "Little sister is little sister." Your sister-in-law was a friend of Xiaomei before she got married, and I can't care if she is willing to do needlework for Xiaomei. ”

"It's not that you can't manage it, but you can't control it." Mu Tieyi smiled and uncovered Mu Zhengyi's ground: "In the past, as long as the little sister was coquettish, the eldest brother was the first to surrender." Now with a sister-in-law, he can't afford to offend anyone. ”

Mu Qingyi took over with a smile: "Big brother is so far away in the north, where can I go." On my sister's birthday this year, my sister-in-law hurriedly made a new dress for her. The big red hibiscus weaves flowers and cloud brocade, the sister-in-law's needlework is good, the skirt is very beautiful, and the little sister wears it, like a bright hibiscus flower, which is more beautiful than the fairy in the painting. ”

Mu Tieyi, who hadn't seen his sister for almost two years, heard this, and his face immediately showed a little yearning: "Little sister has grown up, right?" I'm fourteen years old, big girl. I really want to see her in a red dress. ”

"It's grown up." Mu Qingyi stretched out his hand and compared it in his ear: "It's so tall, the longer it is, the more beautiful it is." When I left, she wore the red dress that her sister-in-law had newly made for her, and saw me off with Ling Yi and Jinyi in the Taibai Building on the shore of Ningcui Lake. As soon as she got out of the carriage, the streets were staring at her. ”

"I knew it!" Mu Tieyi thought about his sister's appearance and smiled happily: "My sister is the best-looking!" The best looking in the world! ”

"When the second brother says this, the eldest brother is not convinced." Mu Qingyi smiled cheerfully: "Everyone knows that the eldest young grandmother of the Anguo Mansion is the first beauty in Beijing. The little sister has become the first in the world, where does the sister-in-law go. ”

"you!" Mu Zhengyi smiled and directly punched Mu Qingyi: "It's okay to instigate blindly." My lady and my sister are both good-looking, so I won't fall for you! ”

"I'm not instigating," Mu Qingyi smiled and hid to the side: "I'm reminding you." Remind the eldest brother, the first beauty in Beijing is still waiting for you at home! You set off to the north less than a month after you got married, and you said that you would go back soon, but now it's mid-September. ”

Speaking of this, the smile on the corner of Mu Zhengyi's lips narrowed slightly, and he was silent for a moment before sighing slightly: "Yes! The days went by quickly, and it was the middle of September. ”

Mu Tieyi thought about it and then suggested: "Big brother, according to the experience of previous years, it will be cold here in October, and the Rong Di people will have to make winter preparations, I am afraid that it will stop for a while, why don't you go and talk to the second uncle, go back to Beijing first." ”

"You think I don't want to go back." Mu Zhengyi smiled bitterly: "But after three months of heavy rain, the construction of the city defense in the three states of the border pass has been delayed a lot. Several tribes close to our border have not returned to the Eagle Tribe, so they ignore whether we are negotiating peace with Rong Di, the weather is so abnormal this year, I always suspect that this winter may be sad, if Rong Di's side freezes early, they will cross the border and plunder. So it's not that I don't want to go, but I don't dare to go. ”

Listening to Mu Zhengyi's words, Mu Tieyi's face also darkened slightly, but he quickly cheered up and said in a brisk tone: "The 10,000 armor soldiers who were replenished into the north in March have been trained, and all of them have been replenished into the cavalry battalion, and the pressure on Youzhou is much lighter, doesn't the eldest brother believe me and the third brother?" ”

"It's not that I don't believe you." Mu Zhengyi said softly: "But you all know the situation in the north. 10,000 people is not enough......"

"Big brother can really worry about it." Mu Tieyi stubbornly comforted again: "Rong Di's side is in civil strife now!" It is not an easy task for the Sky Eagle Department to subdue all the nineteen divisions of Rong Di. They don't care about us. As long as the Aquila Department does not move, it will be impossible to start a big war, and small-scale border friction can be dealt with by Chiyi and I. ”

"yes!" Mu Zhengyi sighed lightly: "It's not difficult now, but it's still to come." ”