"Mother, good news, good news!"

Shu Wan was concentrating on painting, the mountains and rivers were foggy on the paper, the top of the mountain was covered with clouds and mist, Shu Wan was about to pick up the pen, Zhixing ran in in a hurry, and was so frightened that the brush in her hand fell down heavily, and a good landscape painting was ruined like this.

"What's wrong? What excites you like this? She put down her pen, and there was some displeasure in her tone.

Zhixing saluted, tears flashing in his eyes, "Niangniang, uncle is coming back!" ”

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"What! You mean to say that my brother is coming back? ”

Shu Wan raised her head suddenly, her eyes were full of shock and surprise, she hurriedly walked around the desk and stepped forward to take Zhixing's hand, "Where did you get the news, but it's true?" ”

"Really, really! It's true, Wu Shifan committed suicide, Wu Zhou died, we won, the emperor has ordered the city gate to be opened from tomorrow, and all the people must welcome the returning soldiers! Uncle has also written a letter to his wife, and he will return to Beijing tomorrow, Niangniang, this is great! ”

"Yes, yes, great," Shu Wan patted her heart, and the tears in her eyes rolled down drop by drop, "My brother is finally back, finally back, I can finally rest assured now, but it's a pity that the palace can't go out of the palace to greet me, and see for yourself what my brother has become now." ”

The last time we met, it was three years ago when Ma Jia Boshi left the capital, Shu Wan met, and now time flies, three years have passed, and I don't know what my brother has become.

"Don't worry, Uncle has won the military merit this time, and he will definitely enter the palace, and then Niangniang will be able to see him."

Shu Wan smiled between her eyebrows, "You're right, this palace has to prepare quickly, and you also want to prepare something for this palace, but don't miss anything." ”

"Yes."

The news of the soldiers' return to Beijing soon spread all over the streets and alleys, and the joyful atmosphere filled the entire capital, which was even more lively than during the Spring Festival.

The mansion of Ma Jia Tuhai on the outskirts of Beijing

The most respected Majia Muhada gathered the people of the Majia clan, and looked at the young generation below who were full of vigor and discussion, and the old man's eyes were full of relief.

The old man didn't talk nonsense, and said directly, "Tomorrow, when the soldiers return to Beijing, the emperor will definitely reward them for their meritorious deeds, and this time our Ma Jia clan has contributed a lot, and the reward will definitely be indispensable." ”

There was a chorus of approval below, and they were all happy, in fact, what gold and silver were rewarded was secondary, and the most important thing was what official position the emperor would give to the meritorious person this time.

The old man coughed a few times, and the room suddenly quieted down, "You guys are honest these days, don't always think about finding a way everywhere, it's useless, no matter how the emperor rewards it, it's the glory of our Ma Jia clan, you know?" ”

A few of them nodded humbly, "Yes, we know." ”

The old man snorted, although he is old and his eyes are not good, but his heart is clear, but the people sitting below are all members of the Ma Jia clan, one is prosperous and one is lost, for those who are scheming in private, he doesn't care now, but if there is any benefit in the future, it will definitely not be the turn of those people.

After a few more reprimands, the old man let everyone leave, leaving only Ma Jia Tuhai's son Ma Jia Nomin, the old man looked at the young man in front of him and asked, "Nomin, do you know what I kept you for this time?" ”

Maja Nomin is still a little boy under the age of fourteen, although he is not tall, but he has a strong physique and a firm face. ”

"This is my letter to your father, look at it."

The old man handed the thin two letters to Nuo Min, the fire paint on the envelope was gone, and after opening it, Nuo Min read it carefully.

The first letter was written by the old man to his Amamada Tuhai, which mentioned that Tuhai was not young, and he had been fighting abroad all the year round, and his body had long been overwhelmed and he had become ill from hard work, so he hoped that he would take the initiative to hand over his son to the emperor after returning to Beijing this time, and return home to retire from then on.

Nomin's eyes flickered, "Onkumafa, why is that?" ”

Ama has made a lot of contributions to leading the army this time, and the emperor may mention Ama to the position of the second grade, why did the old man ask Ama to resign at this time?

After Nuo Min finished speaking, he glanced up at the old man, who was not shocked, but just motioned for him to continue to open the second letter.

The second letter should be Amma's reply, the fire paint on it has not been removed, Nuo Min opened the letter, and on a piece of paper, Ama just replied with one word, "Okay." ”

Nomin frowned, "Why did Amma do this?" ”

The old man patted Nuo Min's shoulder, "Nuo Min, you have grown up, and you Ama only have one child, ask more questions and do more in the future, if you don't know how to ask me, you can also ask you Amma." ”

Nuo Min nodded, he had already guessed the plans of the old man and Amma, and there were turbulent waves in his heart, and finally nodded heavily, "Yes, grandson must remember." ”

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It is said that the scene on the day of the soldiers returning to Beijing is very spectacular, the emperor personally went to the city gate to greet him, the sky is full of all kinds of flags of the eight flags and the Han army flag, the sound of the flag fluttering in the wind is whistling in the wind, when hundreds of thousands of soldiers walk by, the cheers of the people and the sound of firecrackers are shaking the sky.

Soon after, the emperor began to talk about meritorious deeds, Ma Jia Tuhai's initiative to resign caused a lot of waves, many people said that he was stupid, but there were also many people said that this was a wise move, because after his resignation, the emperor immediately promoted Ma Jia Nuo Min to the third class guard, the official position of the fifth grade, although it is not too high, but Nuo Min is only thirteen years old now, and he can walk in front of the emperor, and the opportunity is great in the future.

This reward, Shu Wan is naturally most concerned about his brother Ma Jia Boshi, Ma Jia Boshi was named the Bao Yi Auxiliary Collar, and the Bao Yi Deputy Protector Commander, the Bao Yi Deputy Xiao Cavalry Leader, and the City Gate Leader are the same Beijing officials, in charge of the nine gates of the inner city of the capital, the seven gates of the outer city open and close at dawn and dusk, and inspect the entry and exit.

Although she is not on an errand in the palace, she still doesn't have to go to other places in the capital, so she doesn't have to worry too much, Shu Wan is very satisfied when she knows.

And what made Shu Wan even happier was that the emperor also gave his brother a special grace this time, that is, he was allowed to live separately from Ma Jia Gaishan.

This is a great event, after all, the ancient concept of family is very heavy, a large family usually lives together, father, son and grandchildren live in a big house, not to mention that Maja Boshi has not yet married, is not the head of the family, so this is really a great grace.

The holy decree of Xu Majia Boshi's separate family naturally set off another wave, and the Majia clan couldn't sit still first.

Many people raised objections, but they were frightened back by the old man's roar, "This is the emperor's holy will, what?" Do you dare to disobey the decree? Stand up, I want to see when our Ma Jia clan has such a character who is not afraid of death! ”

Everyone looked at each other, "Don't dare." "Don't dare. ”

"Humph! It's good if you don't dare ”

The old man smoked his cigarette pouch and slammed it on the table twice, "Gaishan, tell me what you think." ”

Ma Jia Gaishan just wanted to cough twice, but was glared back by the old man at a glance, got up and arched his hand to everyone, and said quite chicly: "Uncles and cousins, just like the ancestors said just now, thunder, rain and dew are all heavenly graces, and we can't do without the grace given by the emperor, besides, Boshi has grown up under your noses, and his character is loyal and honest, I believe you all know, even if Boshi is divided, it is also my son, the children and grandchildren of our Ma Jia's family, and this family affection that is thicker than water is how to cut and cut." ”

swallowed his saliva, and then said: "And you also know the situation of my family, now Boshi will definitely marry when he returns home, and the house he lives in now is too small, and it will be inconvenient for more people in the future, so I also agree that Boshi can live separately." ”

The old man nodded, "Look at Gaishan's consciousness, he is a person who is an Ama who remembers the emperor's grace and agrees to live in Boshi's separate family, as far as you have a lot of things, you can't be at peace every day, and now the emperor can give Boshi this grace, it means that the emperor remembers Boshi in his heart, maybe Boshi will have great edification in the future, if your nonsense spoils Boshi's future, don't blame my family law for serving!" ”

Most of the people sitting below were members of the Ma Jia clan in their forties and fifties, all of whom were talking at home, and now they were reprimanded by the old man with red faces, and they hung their heads and replied, "Yes, we know." ”

After Ma Jia Boshi got the will, after thanking the emperor, he immediately bought a house diagonally opposite, and now he and Ama and Eniang do not live together, but the distance between the two houses is only more than ten meters, and it is convenient to travel in the future.