Mu Zhengyi did not pick up the stack of letters, but waved his hand and motioned for the servants to deliver the letters to the back house, while he continued to stride out.

The sweaty messenger had already been helped to rest in the ear room near the gatehouse, and he had just sat down, and before he had even taken a sip of tea, he saw Mu Zhengyi coming in in a hurry.

"Captain," the messenger shook his legs and wanted to stand up as soon as he saw Mu Zhengyi, and he called Mu Zhengyi in accordance with the rules of the northern border, and called him a military rank.

"You sit," Mu Zhengyi immediately pressed the messenger's shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work." Uncle, are they all right? There are also iron clothes and gall clothes. ”

"It's all good." The messenger nodded hurriedly, and then hurriedly grabbed Mu Zhengyi: "Captain, Grandpa Guo and Mu Jingluo wrote a letter to you separately, and I asked the servants at home to send it in, you hurry back and take a look." Grandpa Guo and they are fine, but this time Qin sent the labor army, and there was indeed some chaos. ”

"What's going on?!" Mu Zhengyi frowned: "According to the usual labor army, what kind of chaos can happen?! Didn't there be the same regulations in previous years?"

"Captain," replied the messenger, "you were in the north last year, and last year's Qincha was Lord Jiang of the Ministry of War, and I heard that although the official position of Lord Jiang is not high, it is not the same as the old men in the Yamen in Beijing. Let's not mention it first, last year, Lord Qincha really seriously walked through more than 160 camps in our northern border. Shuozhou's Shuobei Army Camp went, Yanmen Pass went, Youzhou Xiaocai Battalion and Scout Camp also went, not only that, but even the fifteen loose training barracks in Heng'an Prefecture were not missed, you should know these captains. ”

"But this year, when he arrived in the north, he spent half a month in Ningzhou and Heng'an, not to mention Shuo, Yan, and Youzhou on the front line, even Pingzhou and Weizhou. The supplies of the labor army were sent to the border between Ningzhou and Pingzhou, and they refused to go forward. In the end, it was Grandpa Guo who ordered Mu Jingluo to personally lead the soldiers to 'invite' him to Yanmen Pass. On the front line of the border pass, almost Grandpa Guo personally led the troops to escort him to patrol the camp. ”

"How did the Holy One send such a person this year?" Mu Zhengyi's brows furrowed at that time: "The military situation in the north is important, how can he be so perfunctory."

"Specifically, Captain, you should take a look at the letters sent to you by the Grandpa Guo and the envoy of the Scripture Strategy," the messenger replied, "The subordinate is a messenger, and if you have no errands on weekdays, you must not leave the Envoy's Mansion easily." But the subordinates know that although this year is a good year, the grassland is rich and beautiful, and several large tribes of Rongdi seem to be peaceful, but some small tribes near the border have begun to tentatively harass the border after the autumn. ”

"Where did Lao Junqin go?" Mu Zhengyi asked again.

"When the subordinates were ordered to leave the northern border, the Qin mission had not yet set off," the messenger said in a surprising voice: "I was detained by the grandfather of the country and the envoy of the economic strategy."

"What?" Mu Zhengyi's face suddenly changed: "It's not a trivial matter to detain the imperial court, my uncle and father have always been cautious, how could they suddenly do such a thing."

"My subordinates don't know." The messenger shook his head. After all, he is just a messenger, and he is not a staff member of the envoy's office, and it is normal that he has limited knowledge.

Mu Zhengyi thanked the messenger again, instructed the servants to serve him tea and water, prepare the room to rest, and after everything was arranged, he hurried back to the back house.

Mu Zhengyi went directly to Mrs. Mu's yard. As he expected, the whole family gathered here, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his smiling sister holding a letter in her hand and rushing straight towards him: "Big brother, big brother! Mu Hongsheng couldn't wait to hold up the letter in his hand under Mu Zhengyi's nose, and his father said in the letter that the third uncle was ready to ask for a request to return to Beijing to report on his work, and maybe he could come back for the New Year this year. ”

"That's good." Mu Zhengyi smiled and bent down and pinched his sister's nose: "Did my uncle write to me?" You shouldn't have secretly opened your brother's letter, right? ”

"Nope." Mu Hongshang immediately shook her head, looking righteous: "Your letter is in the hands of grandmother, we don't dare to move."

Mu Zhengyi touched Mu Hongsheng's head and walked towards the house. Mrs. Mu's house was really full of joy, the generals at the border were safe, and Mrs. Mu was relieved and overjoyed.

"Zhengyi is here," Mrs. Mu asked happily, "Are the messengers settled?"

"Grandmother, don't worry," Mu Zhengyi replied with a smile, "It's all settled." My uncle was afraid that the family would be worried, so he sent messengers to rush back day and night, and they were too tired to stand, so I told him to rest in the ear room near the gatehouse, and not to move yet. ”

"Hmmm! That's fine. Old Madam Mu smiled and held up a few letters: "Give, this is for you." If it weren't for the delay of this year's mission, the messenger would not have had to work so hard. ”

As soon as Mu Zhengyi heard it, he knew that An Guogong did not write anything worrying in the letter to his daughter. Therefore, after receiving the letter, he did not open it immediately, but looked at several Mrs. Muhammad: "Auntie, mother, uncle, the messenger is from the palace of the envoy, and he will return to the north in a few days after resting in Beijing." Since he wants to go back, I don't think he should be allowed to run empty, because the family has to carry things to the north before the winter every year, so it is better to bring them back with the messenger earlier this year. ”

"It's fine." Duchess An Guo immediately stood up: "The things have been prepared for a long time, wait for me to tidy up again, pick up some important ones and ask the messenger to bring them first, those that are not very important, or wait for the horse team before winter."

"Then we'll go and clean up first," the remaining Mrs. Mu also stood up immediately, said goodbye to Mrs. Mu, and walked out together.

"And a few of you," Mu Zhengyi smiled and pointed to Mu Jinyi and Mu Lingyi who were scurrying around the house: "Why are you all messing around in your grandmother's house, come with me, go back to change your clothes first, and then it's time for dinner in half an hour, give me a break."

Mu Zhengyi was originally going to leave with his younger siblings, and after sending them back to their respective houses, he went back to his yard to read the letter. There was still half an hour before dinner, enough for him to figure out what was going on in the north.

But unexpectedly, Mrs. Mu, who was sitting in the middle, raised her eyelids and opened her mouth in a light tone: "Zhengyi, let Tsing Yi lead your younger brothers and sisters back to change clothes, and you stay with your grandmother for a while." You're going to Commander Yojin Guard tomorrow to take a vacation, and Grandmother has a few words to tell you. ”

The children of the Mu family thought that the eldest brother was going to enter the palace tomorrow, and the grandmother was not at ease and wanted to tell him a few words alone, so everyone stood up together and honestly followed Mu Qingyi out, leaving Mu Zhengyi alone in Mrs. Mu's house.