Outside the Fucheng Gate, Xu Jin, who was wearing a Confucian shirt, was standing in the cold wind, looking up at the official road from time to time, with a hint of apology in his eagerness.

It is said that Xu Jin pursued me at the end of last year and came to Datong to kill Hukou, and went to Xiangshan to visit Xue Bingxin's mother and son, and then euphemistically proposed to take Huo'er back to Beijing to live, but Bing Niu'er was angered and kicked out of bed, so this time Sima Yuan went to Xiangshan to pass the holy decree, Xu Jin did not ask him to bring Huo'er back, because it was expected that Bing Niu'er would be reluctant.

However, unexpectedly, Xin'er actually took the initiative to hand over Huo'er to Sima Yuan to take back to Beijing this time, which naturally made Xu Jin overjoyed, and he went out of the city to greet him in person after being excited, and he had been waiting outside the gate of Fucheng for more than an hour at the moment.

In a feudal society where everything pays attention to etiquette and etiquette, Lao Tzu went out of the city to greet his son is really a bit "rebellious", but Xu Jin is a traverser, and there are not so many rules and regulations in his mind, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with going out of the city to greet his son, this is just a way for him to express his love for his son as a father.

In this life, Xu Jin felt most sorry for Xin'er's mother and son, who made them suffer so much, especially Huo'er, a seven-month premature baby, it was really hard to imagine how he survived in the ice and snow. In the cottage of internal and external troubles and shortage of materials, this little life depended on his mother for his life, and spent more than four years in an environment without father's love.

As the saying goes, if the golden year does not come again, it is difficult to get back in the morning. This is the case in the prime of life, and the same is true in childhood, there is no way to repeat the four years of childhood without father's love, but Xu Jin is willing to do everything he can to make up for it, so going out of the city to meet Huo'er is nothing at all.

Xie Xiaowan was standing beside Xu Jin, she stretched out her soft hand and held Xu Jin's hand, revealing a sweet smile to appease the anxious Xianggong. Xu Jin's heart warmed, he clenched Xiaowan's hand with his backhand, and said lightly: "Lady, thank you for accompanying Xianggong out of the city." ”

Xie Xiaowan said softly: "Xianggong, we are husband and wife, what is there to be thankful for, not to mention that our family has lost the mother and son, Yang'er, the child is also pitiful, born prematurely for seven months, I don't know how much suffering I have suffered over the years, and now I am separated from my mother, if I don't love him as a housemother, how can I be worthy of his mother's trust." ”

Xu Jin was moved in his heart, and reached out to hug Xie Xiaowan's soft waist, if he has a good wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?

Jingle bells, jingle bells......

A carriage finally appeared at the end of the official road, and Xu Jin recognized Sima Yuan riding in front of him at a glance, and couldn't help but lift his spirits.

Sima Yuan obviously also found Xu Jin and Xie Xiaowan waiting outside the city gate at this time, and couldn't help but be taken aback, obviously he didn't expect that Xu Jin and his wife would go out of the city to greet him in person, so he hurriedly stepped forward with a horse's belly, turned over and dismounted and saluted: "See Jingguo Gong and Mrs. Xu!" ”

Xu Jin smiled and nodded, "Sima Qianhu has worked hard along the way. ”

Sima Yuan hurriedly said: "My subordinates are not hard at all, but they are working hard, and they are going out of the city to greet them." ”

At this time, the carriage had already driven to the front, Xu Jin waved his hand, personally stepped forward and lifted the curtain of the carriage, and immediately met a pair of clear and immature eyes.

"Fire!" Xu Jin looked excited and whispered.

Huo'er's small hands rested on his knees in a regular manner, his expression was a little cramped, and he looked at Xu Jin for a moment before he said weakly: "Xu ...... Uncle. ”

In fact, before entering Beijing, Xue Bingxin had already told Huo'er that Xu Jin was his biological father, but the little guy couldn't change his mind for a while.

Xu Jin didn't care, everything has a process of adaptation, four or five-year-old children have already begun to be sensible, it is obviously impossible for him to immediately recognize his father, who has only met twice.

Xu Jin took Huo'er out of the carriage and put it on the ground, Mei Wan Yue'er looked Huo'er up and down, and her eyes lit up and said, "What a beautiful little guy, it's very similar to the master." ”

Xie Xiaowan nodded with a smile, immediately tied the prepared cloak to Huo'er, and put on a warm tiger head hat, then touched Huo'er's little face, and asked gently, "Is Huo'er still cold?" ”

Huo'er flashed her eyes and looked at Xie Xiaowan in front of her, shook her head and said, "Thank you, Auntie, Huo'er is not cold." ”

Xie Xiaowan said happily: "How did Huo'er know that I was your aunt?" ”

Huo'er glanced at Sima Yuan and whispered, "The child heard it just now, Sima Qianhu called you Mrs. Xu." ”

Xie Xiaowan held Huo'er high and kissed it, "What a smart little guy, go, my aunt will take you home." ”

Xu Jin and Sima Yuan looked at each other and smiled, and the latter complimented at the right time: "Young Master Yang is smart and clever, congratulations to Grandpa Guo, congratulations to Grandpa Xiguo." ”

Xu Jin laughed happily, ordered someone to hand over a bag of reward silver that had been prepared a long time ago, and said with a smile: "You have worked this way, brothers, for the New Year, let's take these two hundred taels of silver for a good meal." ”

"Thank you, Yasukuni Gong!" All the brocade guards smiled happily and thanked Xu Jin one after another. Two hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, everyone has four taels of silver equally, which is equivalent to a year-end bonus of one month's salary.

Sima Yuan knew that Xu Jin had always been kind to the people below, so he did not refuse, and after receiving the money, he took a group of Jinyi Wei brothers into the palace to restore his life.

Xie Xiaowan hugged Huo'er and got into the carriage prepared in the house, Xu Jin also turned over on the horse, and was about to enter the city to return to the house, when he suddenly saw a middle-aged man with a yellow face leading the horse to pass by, hurriedly glanced at this side, and walked quickly with his head down.

A strange look flashed on Xu Jin's face, and he beckoned Zhao Datou over and ordered: "Datou, you escort Mrs. and they go back to the house first, and the prince will go back when he goes." After saying that, he urged the horse to follow the middle-aged man.

When the middle-aged man saw Xu Jin chasing after him, a touch of panic flashed on his face, and he didn't even enter the city, turned over his horse, and walked along the city wall to the south.

Seeing this, Xu Jin's face became even more strange, and he hurriedly whipped the horse's buttocks, and chased after him at a trot. Zhao Datou scratched his head, a little confused, but he didn't dare to let Xu Jin chase down alone, and hurriedly called the four brothers to follow.

"Lao Zhao, what's going on?" Xie Xiaowan lifted the window and asked strangely.

Zhao Datou scratched his head and said, "The countryman asked his wife to take Young Master Yang back to the house first, probably because he met an acquaintance." ”

Xie Xiaowan looked at the two horses galloping away one after the other, and couldn't help but move in her heart, nodded and said, "Then let's go back to the house first." ”

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