Hua Mulan politely refused Yuanhe's kindness to send him off, although he failed to achieve the goal of completely resigning from his official position, but he could have three months, and many things must have happened, who knows how many ministers in the court will die in these three months?

She still decided to leave as soon as possible, and besides, marrying Zhao Junsheng was not only her joy, but also the wish of her deceased father and the old mother in the family, and everything had to make way for this matter.

After returning to the barracks, she summoned her generals to discuss at the government office, announcing that she was about to leave her post and would go to Youzhou to get married, and the imperial court would send someone else to serve as the general of the Right Wing Army.

In fact, the whole army has already spread this matter, which is not a secret, and Hua Mulan did not order a ban, let the news be passed on first to give the soldiers a process of adaptation and acceptance, if it is suddenly announced, it will seem too abrupt.

The generals were silent when they heard Mulan's words, and after a while, the adjutant general said: "The general is a person admired by the general, and he can do things under the general, and the general is convinced.

"Yes, if the general is gone, the brothers will definitely be reluctant! A few days ago, there was a rumor in the army that the general was going to leave his post and go to Youzhou to complete the marriage, and the soldiers were a little absent-minded when they heard about the drill, I thought it was just a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true! ”

The generals are very reluctant to let Mulan leave, but it's hard to say that she should stay, after all, Mulan is going to get married, so she can't help but get married, and be an old girl for a lifetime and stay with them for a lifetime, right?

Wu Dade, who joined the army, saw that the atmosphere was a little dull, and hurriedly said: "Look at what you are doing, this is a great thing for the general to get married, it is a great joy, you are all like dead fathers and mothers, what do you mean?" The age of the general is not young, like my daughter is a year younger than the general, and now she is a mother of three children, the eldest is five years old, we should be happy for the general! ”

Military Sima Hu Ying hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, this is a great event, we must celebrate, the general will leave in two days, and it will be rare to see each other again in the future, as a deputy general, I ordered the room to add vegetables tonight, good wine and meat, so that the officers and men of the whole army can eat and drink well, and see off the general together!" ”

"I agree with this!" Fuzhen immediately raised his hand and said.

"Agreed!" The generals voted by a show of hands.

Hua Mulan saw that the generals and colonels were sincere, and since she took office, there has generally been no large-scale collective celebration activities in the army, so she agreed.

That night, Hua Mulan and her generals ate meat and drank a lot of wine, which made many people drunk.

The next day, Hua Mulan went to the relevant yamen to go through the handover procedures, and handed over the seal letter and military talisman of the leading general.

Two days later, Zhao Junsheng left Pingcheng for Wuchuan with dozens of soldiers such as Huahai and Oiran, and many lieutenant generals and colonels of the Right Wing Army came to see them off, and there were many military generals and court ministers in the various armies of Pingcheng, and even Zong Ai took a carriage to the west gate under many escorts.

"Mulan, you and Brother Zhao are married, our family has to serve the emperor here, and we have to act in military and political affairs, so I really can't take the time to congratulate you here, so I have to congratulate the two of them on their century-old marriage and early birth of noble sons!"

After Zong Ai finished speaking, he turned around and beckoned, and a coachman drove a carriage over, "This is a wedding gift from our family to you and Brother Zhao, please don't be too little!" ”

Hua Mulan saw that the carriage was loaded with more than a dozen boxes, and the wheels of the carriage had left deep ruts on the ground, and she hurriedly said: "How does this make the congratulatory gift too valuable, Mulan doesn't dare to accept it!" ”

Zong Ai smiled and said, "Why don't you dare to accept it?" You take it back directly, Brother Zhao will take it! Since we brought it, we won't bring it back, and it's up to you to decide what to do with it! ”

Hua Mulan had no choice but to let the soldiers accept it, and said goodbye to the other former colleagues who sent the letter, so she got on the horse and left Pingcheng with the luggage of the soldiers.

At the end of October, Hua Mulan and his party finally returned to Wuchuan Town, which had been in place for several years, and the town general Gao Xiu took the generals and officials of Wuchuan Town out of the city to greet them, and Hua Mu and his younger brother were also in the crowd.

Just hurriedly exchanged a few words with Gao Xiu and other people, and then met with his mother and younger brother, and the family of three hugged each other and cried with joy.

In the evening, after having dinner at home, Hua Mu asked Mulan, "Son, why did you come back suddenly, and you didn't send someone to send a letter back in advance?" ”

Hua Mulan said: "Mother, the period of filial piety has passed, and Junsheng's brother is also in a hurry, he wrote to persuade me to take the opportunity to leave the court to marry him first, so I wrote to resign!" ”

"What? Resigned? You ······ Why don't you discuss it with your grandmother first? How do you just quit with your words? The mother of flowers was very unhappy and blamed Mulan.

Mulan asked, "What's the matter, Auntie?" ”

Hua Mu hated iron and steel, and tapped Mulan's forehead with her fingers: "You, why do you listen to Zhao Junsheng whatever he says?" If he asks you to resign, you will resign? You are now a general, how many people can't do this position in their lifetime by breaking their heads, but you just resigned, it doesn't matter if you resign, what will your brother do in the future? Did you let your brother keep horses for the rest of his life? ”

Hua Mulan knew her thoughts after listening to her mother, it turned out that her mother wanted her to help her younger brother embark on a career in office, in her mother's view, only being an official is the way out, although herding horses is not worrying about eating and drinking, but after all, it is a cheap job.

Hua Mulan sighed: "I didn't know if I wasn't an official before, and like you, I thought that being an official was a carp jumping over the dragon gate, but after I became an official, I realized that this meal was not delicious, and not everyone could be an official!" ”

"Hey, you look down on your brother so much, thinking that he is not an official? You have promoted so many people to positions as an official, why don't you want to promote your younger brother? He's your own brother! He is fifteen years old this year, and he has reached the age of starting a family, I am thinking about marrying him a relative, and then I will go to work with you after he becomes a relative, you are not an official now, and your brother can only raise horses for the rest of his life, you are ruining your brother's future! The more she talked, the more angry she became.

Hua Mulan was also helpless when she saw her mother like this, so she had to say: "Let's see what the little brother thinks, if he wants to take a career in office, I will find a way; If he doesn't want to go on his own career, then find another way to make a living! ”

After Hua Mulan finished speaking, she called Hua Xiong and asked: "Little brother, you are not young anymore, your mother wants you to go on a career as an official, what do you think of yourself, what are your plans?" ”

"Being an official?" Hua Xiong, who had a strong body, touched the back of his head and remembered those officials with big bellies and fat and obscene appearances, and when they spoke, there were five people and six people, which made the villagers hate it to the extreme, and he couldn't help but feel disgusted in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, I don't be an official, I don't do it!" You see, the villagers hate those who are officials, and I don't want to be like that! ”

Mother Hua looked at her son's reluctance to be an official, and sighed: "Mother's stupid son, it was your grandfather and sister who protected you in the past, so that you could grow up carefree, and no one dared to bully you." Now that your sister is going to get married if she resigns from the official position, this family will want you to take the lead, you have no power and powerless, other people's families will think of the law to seize your property, think of the law to encroach on your pasture, and then you will know the benefits of being an official! ”

Hua Xiong clenched his fists and snorted coldly: "Hmph, whoever dares to bully me, I will beat him all over the ground to find teeth!" ”

"You kid, what's the use of being so brave and ruthless? This is just the courage of a horseman, as the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, can you fight hundreds of people? It's better to be an official, and you can make people walk around without eating! The flower mother said bitterly.

Hua Xiong suddenly froze: "Mother, my son and I can't be an official, I can only fight bravely, I'm not an official, what can you do for me?" ”

Hua Mulan saw that Hua Xiong's appearance was really not the material for being an official, so she had to say to her mother: "Mother, you only know the advantages of being an official, but you don't know the disadvantages of being an official, you are intrigue all day long in the officialdom, and if you are not careful, you will be framed by your colleagues, and if you are not happy, you may be impeached, and if you are lucky, you can get out of the way, and if you are unlucky, you will be exterminated!" Besides, as you said, if you are an official, you can make others unable to eat and walk around, which can only bully the little people, and bully those who are smaller than you, is it interesting? If you meet someone who is older than you, you will only be bullied! ”

"Do you see that the little brother's temperament is the material for being an official? If you can't say a few words to someone, if you don't deal with it, you will beat people, let him be an official is to let him cause trouble, this is not for his good, but it will hurt him! ”

When Hua Mu heard Hua Mulan say this, she was also a little apprehensive in her heart, this son has an upright temperament, and he can offend people if he doesn't pay attention to what he says, and the most taboo thing about being an official is to offend people.

Seeing that her mother looked like she was suffering from gains and losses, she not only wanted her son to glorify her ancestors, but also worried that her son would cause trouble, so she had to say: "I came back this time to take you to Youzhou, let's sell the shares of the pastures, fields and factories here, and move the whole family to Youzhou." In this way, when I become close to Brother Junsheng, let my younger brother be a pro-soldier with Brother Junsheng for a few years, learn how to govern the army and command the army from his brother-in-law, and then arrange a position for him when he grows up, and I will not let him be bullied after all with his brother-in-law to take care of him."

Hua Xiong immediately smiled when he heard this: "I like this, so it's decided!" ”

Hua Mu was worried again: "Let him follow the path of joining the army like you?" This can't be done, this is a trick to pin your head to the waistband of your pants, it will be fatal! No, no, my son can't do such a dangerous thing anyway! ”

"Mother, I have to say that you are old, and my daughter and I also came here like this, isn't what I did a desperate job? Why didn't you object in the first place? Dare to love your daughter is a cheap life, and your son's life is precious?