The children of the Mu family who were beaten up early in the morning were all a little embarrassed, Mu Zhengyi was in a good mood, at the end of the morning class, he picked up Mu Lingyi and Mu Jinyi lying on the ground one by one very violently, and then took the grizzled brothers and sisters back to the house to wash and change clothes.

"Only the eldest brother is clean," Mu Jinyi whispered in Mu Hongsheng's ear: "I wasted half a day's strength, and I couldn't leave a footprint on the corner of his clothes." You can help me in tomorrow morning class. ”

"I think it's enough." Mu Hongshang shook her head without confidence, and found a reason to comfort herself: "And the eldest brother didn't bring any luggage when he came home, just a small luggage roll and a small package, I'm afraid he won't have enough clothes to wear."

"Phew!" Mu Jinyi immediately began to despise Mu Hongsheng's cowardice: "The second aunt has made him a lot of new clothes!" If you don't want to admit it directly, you might as well find a decent reason!"

"Exactly." Mu Zhengyi, who heard his younger siblings muttering, turned back with a smile: "I have enough clothes to wear, if you have the ability, just come to the scourge, and you are not afraid of getting dirty or torn." But I'm afraid you don't have the ability to do it. I've been walking for two years, but my growth is limited, and I think I'll need to take a few more beatings. ”

"But," Mu Qingyi turned his head and blinked: "Hongshang is right, big brother, when you come back from the north, it will take more than ten days to speed up the road quickly, just these two pieces of luggage, how did you come on the road?"

"That's it." Mu Zhengyi smiled and knocked on Mu Qingyi's head: "How can a soldier be so vain." When you go out to patrol the camp on weekdays, it's not like you can't come back for ten days and half a month? Which sergeant did you see going out with a large roll of luggage? Isn't it also some simple dry food and water, and a cloak can last for more than ten days. But when I went home, it was different, in fact, I packed a lot of luggage, but I was afraid of missing my little sister's birthday, and I was in a hurry, so I brought a few clothes and a birthday gift for my little sister and came back first, and the rest of the luggage and items were handed over to the post. ”

"Gifts?" Mu Hongsheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and she squeezed to Mu Zhengyi's side and smiled with a dog's face: "Big brother, what good things did you bring me?"

"How many days are left on your birthday," Mu Zhengyi refused to answer: "It's not too late to ask in a few days."

Mu Zhengyi sent his younger siblings to wash up one by one, and then waited for them to go to his grandmother's for breakfast together. After breakfast, Mu Qingyi took his younger siblings to study, while Mu Zhengyi changed his clothes and planned to go out to the official department to go through the formalities.

He is now a serious military attaché, from the Liupinyun Cavalry Captain, after returning to Beijing by order, he needs to go to the Ministry of Officials to go through the formalities. At his current level, of course, he doesn't need to report to the emperor in front of him, but he also needs to hand over the debriefing documents to go to the Ministry of Officials to test his merits.

In addition, he also needs to go to the Jixun Division to register his name, he has to stay in Beijing for at least two years, it is impossible to just receive a salary and not do things, these days need to be assigned according to the officials.

According to the usual practice, most of them were temporary errands for Jin Lingwei or the Jade Battalion, or they would directly send him to which commander of the yamen to hang up the officials. These are all regulations for military generals to return to Beijing, and generally speaking, the officials are arranged according to the situation, and there is nothing complicated.

Someone from the Mu family returned to Beijing, and the entire court received the news, and the directors and scribes of the Ministry of Officials' Examination and Meritorious Affairs and the Inspector's Department also got the news early, and the required documents were prepared one day in advance.

Therefore, on this day, as soon as Mu Zhengyi entered the Ministry of Meritorious Service Examination, the director of the Examination Division smiled and took the initiative to greet him: "General Xiao Mu is here?" When the lower officials heard that General Mu had entered Beijing yesterday, they knew that you would come to the official department to go through the formalities in the next few days, and the lower officials had already prepared the paperwork. ”

"More adults." Mu Zhengyi took out the documents and Chen Tiao that had been prepared long ago, as well as his warrant for returning to Beijing and the callback documents issued by the Northern Economic and Strategic Envoy's Office, all of which were neat and complete and handed over to the head of the Examination Division.

"All complete. Sure enough, it is worthy of General Mu," the director took all the documents with a smile, and nodded while looking at it: "There are precedents for doing things, although General Mu is returning to Beijing for the first time after taking office, he is also very sophisticated." The general signed his name on these documents and let them be filed below. ”

As he spoke, the principal handed Mu Zhengyi a few blank documents written in advance, and Mu Zhengyi signed their names one by one and handed them back to the principal.

"There's nothing to do here," the head of the Examination Division arched his hand towards Mu Zhengyi with a smile: "Lord Tan of the Jixun Division is also waiting for the general." The palace came to the decree yesterday, and Lord Tan asked a few times as soon as he arrived at the yamen today. ”

"Will?" Mu Zhengyi was stunned: "It has something to do with me?"

"General Xiao Mu doesn't know?" The director of the Gong Examination Division was also stunned: "I thought you already knew." The palace came to the decree yesterday, the general has been in Beijing for the past two years, and was arranged to go to the night gold guard to answer the errand, the people from the military department came to hang up the sign yesterday, and the commander of the night gold guard has already received your Lu post and left, I thought that the grandfather of the country and you knew. ”

"What?" Mu Zhengyi was even more surprised: "Isn't Xiaojinwei a janissake?" I'm just going back to Beijing temporarily in the past two years, after all, I'm still a military general and a foreign official, and I should go to Jin Lingwei or the Yamen of the Jade Camp in Beijing for the past two years. There was no precedent for the Imperial Guard to be a foreign general. ”

"I don't know about this subordinate official," the head of the Gong Examination Division shook his head: "Anyway, your Lu Ti has arrived at Xiao Jinwei, and this matter is accurate." However, Xia Guan thought that everyone in Beijing knew that General Mu returned to Beijing in his twentieth year to come back for marriage, and this has been a precedent for many generations. In the past two years, no matter which yamen you are in, you have been a loose official, and no one will send you an envoy so indiscriminately. Where to hang idle is not hanging, you say no. ”

No, Mu Zhengyi won't make a conclusion casually at the moment. He only knew that his grandfather, father, and uncles, when their official positions were not high in the past, were all on errands in Jin Lingwei and Yujie Camp after returning to Beijing. After being promoted to the fourth rank or above, there is no need to hang up in the yamen, but directly go to the court every day like the current uncle.

For so long, there has never been a Mu family on an errand in Xiaojinwei. That's the royal guard, the secret guard of the royal family and the palace guard officers all belong to the Xiaojin Guard, and they are the people and horses in the hands of the emperor, and he, the northern army, is blindly mixed with something.

Mu Zhengyi went to the Jixun Division with a puzzled face. As soon as he arrived, Lord Tan handed over the Xiaojin Wei waist card and the order that had been completed in advance, and asked him to take the time to go to the commander of the Xiaojin Wei in the next few days to report to him.

Lord Tan actually didn't understand why there was a will to let Mu Zhengyi go to Xiaojinwei, but he had similar thoughts to the head of the Gong Division, and they both felt that Mu Zhengyi returned to Beijing to marry a daughter-in-law, and as for where he was idle in the past two years, it didn't matter. Anyway, it's just a nominal payment!