When night fell, Xie Mulin, wearing a full set of thick winter coats and a hood, stood on the deck in front of the cabin and saw the towering walls of Beiping City.

The head of the city wall was brightly lit, but under the city wall, only darkness could be seen, and nothing could be seen clearly.

Naturally, the gates were already closed.

The leading Yanwangfu fleet didn't care at all, and still maintained the pace of advancement, and even because under the city wall, without the resistance of the north wind, the speed of the ship increased a lot. They needed to make a detour along the city walls in the waterways outside the city to the Deshengmen pier in the north of the city. It is much closer to the location of the Yanwang Mansion, and there is a well-built waterway dock in the city.

Of course, the Xie family's boat could only follow behind. They were followed by two other ships belonging to the officials' families. As for the merchants' ships or civilian ships, they were separated as early as the Tongzhou wharf.

Xie Mulin could only see that it was dark outside the ship, and at the beginning of the evening, the snow that had stopped for a while began to fall again, although she was dressed warmly, she did not have the reason to stand stupidly outside to blow the cold wind, so she naturally quickly drilled back into the ship, only the third brother Xie Huizhi, who was now getting more and more excited, was still stranded on the deck, holding the second sister's hand stove, covered with a silk scarf given by her aunt, shouting that she had to see the moment when the ship sailed into the dock.

Along the way, he could see his ship sail into a certain pier every day, and he didn't know why he was so interested in the new pier that his father had built.

Xie Mulin retracted into the cabin, and for most of the day, everyone was a little tired, and they didn't have the strength to chat anymore, just sat around and waited for the moment when the ship arrived in port. Everyone felt a little excited, this long water trip was finally coming to an end, and they were about to usher in a new life in Beiping. What kind of future awaits them in this big city?

Mrs. Xie had already slept next to her henchman, and there was a soup woman on the left and right beside her. Wen came in quietly to see her a few times, and saw that she was sleeping soundly, and couldn't bear to call her, so he had already instructed the people around him, and immediately found a soft pocket after going ashore, and carried the old lady off the boat, so as not to wake people up.

Finally, the hull of the ship lightly bumped into something hard, and everyone in the Xie family, who had been experienced for several days, immediately knew that this was the ship finally landing.

Xie Huiyi sneezed in from outside and said excitedly, "It's here!" It's here! We're finally here! Unfortunately, the dock is strangely deserted, and it seems that there are not many ships docked here, so there are no lights, so I can't see it clearly. And I saw a lot of people on the shore, and chariots and so on. That's right! One of them looked a little familiar from afar, I suspect it was our family's Ma Lu Yao, maybe my father sent him to pick us up! ”

Wen said with a smile: "Today, the master ordered Zhao Fengnian to follow me to Tongzhou, and I need someone to call me, so I asked him to bring Ma Lu Yao to Yamen." Since Huizhi saw that the road was far away on the dock, maybe the old man was also here! ”

Everyone was immediately surprised when they heard this, and they all wanted to squeeze out of the cabin and run to the deck to see their father for the first time after a long absence. Xie Hanzhi fell in the end, because Xie Yingfen forcibly pulled him, and he had to add an extra cloak to him. Wanqin shrank in a corner of the hall, her face pale, and she didn't move. Xie Hanzhi called her, and she smiled reluctantly: "I'll go tell the old lady." ”

Aunt Dajin glanced at her quietly, walked back from the door and grabbed her wrist: "The old lady is resting, the wife has ordered not to disturb her old man." What are you anxious about? Let's go outside first and meet the master, it's serious. I haven't seen anyone for three years, why don't you go and say hello to my master? ”

Wanqin was reluctantly dragged onto the deck by Aunt Dajin. The people of the Xie family have already built a wooden bridge and helped a few delicate and frail little masters to get off the boat. Xie Mulin walked at the front, running quickly towards the group of familiar people. The first Ma Lu Yao trotted a few steps forward and hit a thousand: "The second girl is well!" Before he finished speaking, the people in the carriage behind him had already lifted the curtain, jumped out of the carriage, and greeted him with a big smile: "Daddy's good daughter!" You've got it! How smooth is the journey?! ”

Xie Mulin greeted him with a smile and squatted down to Xie Pu and saluted: "Daddy is fine." It's been a long time, but Daddy's demeanor is still there, and it's a little more capable than before! ”

"Hahaha, good, good!" Xie Pu happily picked up the second daughter, and then turned his head to look at the eldest son, second son, third son, eldest daughter and others who ran over, the third daughter, the fourth daughter and the fourth son who were disembarking from the boat also looked healthy and walking as usual, and then there was the heir mother Song who walked off the boat slowly with the support of her sister, who was also in good spirits. He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

After greeting the children one by one, Xie Pu walked up to his mother and bowed down: "Mother is well." Over the years, the son has not been able to fulfill his filial piety in front of his mother, which is really unfilial. I hope that my mother can live in Beiping for a longer time, so that her son and daughter-in-law can do their best. When Wen heard this, he hurriedly walked to her husband's side and bowed down together.

Song smiled and helped the couple up: "I'm doing well, Ah Pu, you are doing things for the people of the court, so you will leave your hometown to take up your post, this is your loyalty to the country, there is nothing to say, where can it be called unfilial piety?" You don't have to worry about me, with your sister here, the children are well-behaved and filial, and I have a very good life in my hometown of Huyin. Now when I return to my hometown, I also pay tribute to my deceased relatives to fulfill my long-cherished wish for many years. You just have to worry about your business, don't worry about me. If there's something I need your help with, I'm not going to be polite to my son. ”

Xie Pu bowed his head and answered.

Seeing these long-lost relatives surrounding him, Xie Pu was also a little moved, but he couldn't help but worry when he didn't see his biological mother Lu for a long time.

Could it be that my mother is sick? But the servant who sent the letter didn't mention it?

Xie Mulin told him: "The old lady fell asleep in the cabin, and my mother could not bear to wake her up, and said that she should continue to sleep, and that it would be good to go back and ask someone to carry her old man off the boat in a soft bag." When the old lady started in Tianjin, she clamored for refusing to take the boat and wanted to recuperate in Tianjin for some time. My eldest sister and I finally persuaded her, and when we arrived at Tongzhou Wharf, she made trouble again. Everyone talked about it, and she was persuaded to agree to follow the ship of Yanwangfu into Beiping City, but when she saw her grandmother, the old lady made an awkward fuss again, shrunk into the cabin, and refused to sit and chat with everyone. Later, when she was too bored to sit, she took a nap. Because after arriving in the north, she couldn't stand the cold weather, felt uncomfortable all day long, ate unappetizingly, and slept soundly, and now she can sleep deeper, which is also rare. Just let her go back to sleep, right? ”

Xie Mulin gave a briefing on the situation, and by the way, he also told a few black cases. Xie Pu, who knew his biological mother's temperament and temper, didn't say anything, just sighed, and apologized to his mother Song with guilt: "Let you see the smile, mother's temper...... It's really hard to know what to say. ”

Song smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter, I'm used to it, can I still deal with her?" It's windy on this dock, and it's dark again, did you let people rush to the carriage? Hurry up and let people carry the luggage and load the car, let's go back to the accommodation first. Your mother has your daughter-in-law cooking, so you don't have to worry about it. This trip to the north, our family is thanks to the care of Yanwangfu. Now that the people of King Yan's Mansion have also gone ashore, King Yan is also here, you hurry over to say goodbye, and you will come to thank you seriously another day! This is a courtesy, and you can't afford to slack off! ”