Seeing his mother crying, Xu Sijin's eyes also became moist.

But he is no longer a child, and it is inappropriate to express his emotions by crying.

He pretended to be displeased and frowned, jumping up and down exaggeratedly: "Who else could it be but me? I thought about you day and night when I was in the barracks, and when I came home, you didn't even recognize me!" He wanted to make his mother happy.

Looking at her son's lively expression, Eleventh Lady finally felt a little more realistic.

"Jin'er!" She was so happy that she burst into laughter. "Sorry, sorry!" She hugged her son vigorously, "I heard that you can only arrive in Beijing on the 29th, and I thought it would be great if you could take time to come back on the 30th. I didn't expect you to come home several days earlier." She added, "It's also because you pretended so well that I didn't think about it for a while."

His mother laughed, and Xu Sijin felt relieved. He smiled a little proudly and said, "I came back quietly!"

Eleventh Lady's heart skipped a beat: "What happened? Why did you come back quietly?" She looked very nervous.

"Don't worry!" Xu Sijin hurriedly comforted his mother, "Lord Gong knows that I'm back. Not only does he know, but he also asked me to come back!"

Eleventh Lady was a little confused.

"This is what happened." Xu Sijin explained, "According to reason, the emperor should have rewarded the generals when the captives were presented at the Meridian Gate. But now, the emperor has already conferred titles on Lord Gong as the Marquis of Xining and me as the Earl of Wujin. When the captives are presented at the Meridian Gate, the emperor can only promote Lord Gong and me. With Lord Gong's merits, he should at least be the governor of the Right Army Governor's Office, and if things go well, he can even be the vice minister of the Ministry of War. He will definitely not return to Guizhou. Don't we have a private mine in Guizhou? It's better for the county magistrate to manage it now. If Lord Gong is promoted, the position of Guizhou General must be taken by a trustworthy person, otherwise, wouldn't we be working for others in vain? Lord Gong wants me to go to Beijing to discuss with my father and Prince Yong to see how to get the position of Guizhou General."

As they were talking, Amber brought in tea and called out "Sixth Young Master" excitedly.

Only then did Eleventh Lady realize that it was somewhat inappropriate for her and her son to be standing in the aisle and talking, and she hurriedly pulled Xu Sijin to sit on the big kang by the window: "When did you come back? Have you eaten?" While asking, she couldn't help looking Xu Sijin up and down.

Xu Sijin had grown taller than when he left home. His skin was still fair, but he was very thin, with sharp edges on his face. If it weren't for his bright eyes that made him look very energetic, Eleventh Lady would have suspected that he had not eaten enough these days.

"What happened to Duoyan?" She couldn't help but ask distressedly, "Are you hurt?" Seeing that he was exhausted, it was obvious that he didn't dress up as a servant just to make her happy. "Did you enter the capital disguised as a servant? Where are Chang'an and Master Pang? Did they come back with you?" She thought of what he said just now that Gong Dongning asked him to return to the capital to discuss things with Xu Lingyi and Prince Yong. It was obvious that Xu Sijin didn't want everyone to know that he was back. "How did you get into the mansion? Do you want me to bring a message to your father?"

"Don't!" Xu Sijin hurriedly stopped Amber who had moved at the sound, and said to Shiyi Niang, "Chang'an came back with me. If he hadn't asked Manager Wan for help, I wouldn't have been able to get in!" He added, "Dad and Dou Ge Lao are in the study, you'd better not disturb them. I'll wait for Dad to come back here!"

Eleventh Lady naturally had to help her son.

Knowing that Xu Sijin had entered the mansion quietly, she could not help but lower her voice and said, "Well, you can wash up here, have a good meal, and rest for a while, and wait for your father to come back!" Then she asked him, "What about Chang'an? Does he have a place to stay?"

"He and Steward Wan went home!" Xu Sijin said, "We agreed to meet at the alley behind the back door in three days." He said, smiling at Amber, "Ask the kitchen to make me a pot of braised lion's head. Those cooks only know how to stew Chinese cabbage with pork belly. We finally caught Duoyan, and Lord Gong ordered a braised lion's head dish for me at Chunjiang Tower, but it turned out to be like a small meatball."

"Okay, okay, okay." Amber's heart softened after hearing this, and she choked up a little and said, "I'll tell the kitchen to do it right away." Then she called Leng Xiang in, asked her and Han Xiao to fetch water to help Xu Sijin change his clothes, and hurried to the kitchen.

Eleventh Lady went to the warm room and soon came out with a stack of clothes.

"Fortunately, the clothes I made haven't been delivered to you yet." She smiled and went into the bathroom, "Otherwise, I'm afraid Ajin and Suifeng would have been alarmed!"

Xu Sijin cried out, dived down and sank into the water, leaving only his head above the water.

"Mom, how could you just barge in without saying hello?" he said unhappily, "I'm grown up now and can get married!"

Eleventh Lady teased her son, "Oh, I didn't know our brother Jin was missing a wife!" She put her clothes on a small stool beside her, "Why, when there's no wife yet, you're complaining about your mother's meddling!"

"How dare I complain about your meddling?" Xu Sijin muttered, "I'm just not used to it, am I?"

Eleventh Lady looked at the unattended clean room and smiled meaningfully, "You've been away from home for a few years, and your habits have really changed a lot - no one helps you wash your hair, do you wash it clean?"

"I don't have lice on my head!" Xu Sijin said disapprovingly.

Eleventh Lady smiled and left the bathroom.

Amber came and asked, "Is the Sixth Young Master done with his hair and hair?"

After you have washed and dressed, you can serve the meal.

"Not yet!" Eleventh Lady smiled and winked at Amber.

Amber understood and took a few steps forward lightly.

Eleventh Lady whispered, "I'll let Brother Jin stay in my warm room for the next few days. Find a way to have someone check on his body... I suspect he's injured."

The war was so brutal when he was pursuing Duoyan, not to mention that the year he left, he changed clothes with his bare chest in front of her. It has only been two or three years, how come he didn't even dare to show her his shoulders!

Amber was stunned, but quickly reacted and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, Madam, I won't worry about it."

"Send someone to the outer courtyard to watch over it, and find time to tell the Marquis that Jin Ge'er has returned." Eleventh Lady pondered, "It will only be four or five days before the army returns to the capital, so we must hurry up and take care of Jin Ge'er's matter."

Amber responded yes.

Xu Sijin walked out with wet hair.

"Although the weather is hot, it can't keep you like this." Shiyi Niang hurriedly got off the kang, and Leng Xiang cleverly handed over a handkerchief. Shiyi Niang pressed Xu Sijin on the brocade stool beside her and wiped his hair. Leng Xiang and Han Xiao went to bring in the dining table.

Xu Sijin ate three bowls of rice before putting down his chopsticks.

"So comfortable!" He touched his belly and lazily leaned on the big pillow covered with turmeric-colored ramie cloth, as satisfied as a cat that had eaten fish. "Mom, what do you think about me going to Sichuan?"

Eleventh Lady sat next to her son, her eyes fell on him, and she couldn't stop looking at him.

“Why do you want to go to Sichuan?”

"Didn't Ding Zhi return to Beijing? The Sichuan General will definitely be replaced." He analyzed, "This time, the soldiers of Guizhou Dusi made great efforts to pacify the northwest. The Sichuan General will definitely be selected from Guizhou Dusi. I know all the people in Guizhou Dusi, so it will be easier to get twice the result with half the effort. What do you think?"

"What do you want to do?" Eleventh Lady touched her son's head lovingly, "How about getting twice the result with half the effort?"

"You don't know this!" Xu Sijin leaned over to his mother's ear and whispered, "There are salt fields in Sichuan. Chengdu, Xuzhou, Shunqing, Baoning, Kuizhou, Tongzhou, Jiading, and Guang'an all use Sichuan salt, and they pay more than 70,000 taels of silver to the Shaanxi Town Supervisor every year!"

"Who told you this?" Eleventh Lady was a little confused, "Are you going to the outskirts of town? Or are you going to do business?"

"Without money, who would follow you?" Xu Sijin said nonchalantly, "You wouldn't understand what's going on outside even if I tell you about it, so just ignore it. I'm just afraid that if I go to Sichuan, you'll miss me too much!"

"You still know that mother misses you!" Eleventh Lady brought the topic to something she cared about. "When you went to chase Duoyan alone, didn't you think of mother? How could you be so bold? Even Lord Ouyang gave up, and you actually borrowed the people of Yulin Guard to chase Duoyan without knowing the seriousness of the matter. You should know that you only have 3,000 people, and Duoyan has more than 10,000 people. The commander of Yulin Guard is also a bad guy, why did he listen to you..."

Xu Sijin interrupted Shiyi Niang quickly: "Mother, I came back alive and well, and I have made great contributions." He said, and put his arm around Shiyi Niang's shoulders with a drooling face, "Mother, there are not many young heroes like your son in the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Eleventh Lady couldn't help laughing, but then she thought about teaching her son a lesson, so she immediately put on a stern face and said in a deep voice, "I'm talking to you seriously, don't be so unreasonable. Calm down and think about it carefully. Was it luck that played a big role in your ability to catch Duoyan this time..."

Before she finished speaking, Xu Sijin smiled awkwardly: "Mother, I understand. Your son is now the Earl of Wujin. Even if you want to honor your father, you should also give me, the Earl, some face!"

Eleventh Lady originally wanted to say that without the Emperor and Gong Dongning, even if he found Duoyan, he would not be able to catch Duoyan, but she did not expect him to mention Xu Lingyi.

"What does this have to do with your father?"

Daddy, doesn’t mom tell you everything?

Xu Sijin opened his eyes wide: "You, you don't know?"

She hadn't looked Xu Lingyi in the eye for some time.

For a moment, Eleventh Lady was in a state of confusion.

"Your father didn't tell me this!" she said vaguely.

Daddy said that some things are the responsibility of men, so women don't need to know and be scared. Since Daddy didn't tell Mom, he must have felt that there was no need for her to know.

Xu Sijin's expression was slightly hesitant.

"Tell me quickly, what happened?" Eleventh Lady had also been away from home before, and she knew the mentality of children to report good news but not bad news to their parents. She urged Xu Sijin half-truthfully, "Weren't you still alive at that time?"

Xu Sijin was relieved immediately and said with a smile: "Dad said that by the time Lord Gong gathers his troops, the day lilies will be cold - Dad sent someone to deliver a letter to the Wang family in Liaodong, and it was the Wang family's caravan that brought us food and helped me find Duoyan.

Eleventh Lady could not hide her surprise.

"Wang family? Which Wang family?" Her mind raced, "Could it be the Changshun family?"

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I would like to apologize to everyone first. Due to an operational error the day before yesterday, the overhauled chapter 742 was not corrected until 9 o'clock yesterday...⊙﹏⊙b sweat...

PS: I was working overtime at the company, and when I was about to upload the manuscript, I found that the network was down. The network devices were installed in several offices, and I didn’t know which office turned off the power. It took too much time to check them one by one, so I took a taxi to the Internet cafe... I can’t explain it to you all, so please forgive me!