#446 - This is my son!

Hearing that her son had finally returned, Wang Feng finally felt relieved.

Not long after, a disheveled Xu Pangda walked into the courtyard.

Wang Feng's eyes flickered, and she quickly went up to him.

Seeing her son covered in dirt, even his clothes torn, Wang Feng felt even more concerned.

But the words of concern that Wang Feng had originally thought of turned into a reprimand: "What's wrong with you, child? You're a county magistrate now, how can you be in such a state? What kind of decorum is this!"

Xu Pangda felt a little aggrieved: "Mother, on the way, I was assassinated."

"What?"

The Old Madam of the Xu family stood up with a bang, angrily slamming the table.

"Who's tired of living, daring to assassinate an official of the imperial court!"

"Mother, please calm down." Xu Shuiyai quickly comforted her.

"Yes, Grandma, please calm down." Xu Zheng also stood up, "Pangda is safe and sound, isn't he? It's good that he's alright."

Compared to the reactions of the others, Wang Feng was extremely silent at this time, even frighteningly so.

Wang Feng grabbed Xu Pangda's hand and said coldly: "You were assassinated, do you know who those assassins were?"

Xu Pangda opened his mouth, wanting to say "Those people seemed to be after Fifth Brother," but in the end, Xu Pangda still didn't say it, worried that his words would make his mother resent Fifth Brother.

"Mother, I don't know who those people were. I was just sitting in the carriage, and they killed my servants and tried to kill me without a word.

Fortunately, a female knight passed by and saved me, otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to come back."

Xu Pangda looked at his mother, genuinely feeling lingering fear, almost not being able to see his mother's face one last time.

"Let's go, we'll go find Ming'er!" Wang Feng said to her son after thinking for a moment.

"Fifth Brother? Has Fifth Brother returned?" Xu Pangda asked in surprise, he thought Fifth Brother hadn't returned yet.

"He's back, Ming'er will definitely seek justice for you in this matter!" Wang Feng nodded.

"Mother, there's no need to trouble Ming'er. Just have a few people from the mansion go to the East Suburbs with me. My guards were all killed protecting me, and I want to bury them in peace."

Xu Pangda shook his head.

Wang Feng glanced at Chun Yan beside her: "Chun Yan, take some people from the mansion to the East Suburbs, bring back all the corpses, bury them properly, and offer condolences to the families, giving each family one hundred taels."

"Yes, Madam." Chun Ni quickly nodded in agreement.

"Let's go, we'll go find Ming'er!"

Saying that, Wang Feng stubbornly pulled her son towards the outside of the mansion.

Now that Xu Ming controls the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he manages all the affairs of the capital, and now that officials of the imperial court have been assassinated, it naturally falls within Xu Ming's purview.

Her going over wasn't considered using connections to seek personal gain, and Xu Ming and her son were brothers with a good relationship, so he would definitely do his best to investigate.

The Old Madam Xu looked at Xu Zheng.

Xu Zheng understood and quickly stepped forward, pulling his wife: "Feng'er, your temperament has always been a bit hasty, and you love your son dearly, please don't mind it."

Wang Feng raised her head, staring intently at her husband: "I'll report to His Majesty, and I'll go to Ming'er! This is my son! And I'm going to report the case, am I not even allowed to report a case?"

Xu Zheng was startled and quickly let go.

Wang Feng directly pulled Xu Pangda away, without the slightest hesitation.

Watching his wife leave with his son, Xu Zheng walked to the Old Madam Xu: "Old Ancestor, Feng'er's temperament is a bit hasty, and she loves her son dearly, please don't mind it."

The Old Madam Xu shook her head: "I can understand Feng'er's feelings, I'm also worried about Pangda."

"That's for sure." Xu Zheng quickly said, "That's your grandson, how could you not care?"

"Now that Pangda is alright, let's eat first, and see what Ming'er says later." The Old Madam Xu sighed and said to Xu Shuiyai, "The family banquet before the ancestral sacrifice is in a few days, have Yi'ge'er and Shan'ge'er returned?"

Madam Qian quickly said: "That's for sure, Old Madam, my Xu Yi will be back tomorrow, quite a bit earlier, he values the Xu family's ancestral sacrifice very much."

Madam Lin also quickly opened her mouth: "Our Xu Shan is also the same, Xu Shan even represents the Yanyang Sect."

"Good, good, good." The Old Madam Xu's face was filled with a smile, "Let's eat, let's eat, no matter what, the ancestral sacrifice is the most important thing."

"Yes, Old Madam."

At the same time, Xu Ming was not in the Xu mansion, nor in the Princess's mansion, but in the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander's mansion.

After Emperor Wu issued the imperial decree in the morning, Xu Ming did not delay, directly moved out of the Xu mansion, and moved into the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander's mansion that had already been built.

The maids and servants inside the mansion were all personally selected by Emperor Wu.

As for how many of these maids and servants were Emperor Wu's spies, Xu Ming didn't care.

In comparison, Xu Ming was thinking about how to recruit other officials and other people for the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

It can only be said that no matter which world, it has its commonalities.

In the Blue Star of his previous life, there was also the existence of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and as a result, in this world, Emperor Wu created one himself.

It's just that compared to the official system of the Embroidered Uniform Guard in Blue Star, the Embroidered Uniform Guard of the Wu Kingdom seems more casual.

Emperor Wu only established Xu Ming as the Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander, as for the officers below, Xu Ming was responsible for all of them himself.

This afternoon, Xu Ming had already written a memorial and presented it.

Xu Ming planned to establish two "Deputy Commanders," eight "Thousand Households," and eighty-eight "Hundred Households."

Each household manages about one hundred people, one household is divided into five groups, one group of twenty people.

If nothing unexpected happens, Emperor Wu will give him a reply tomorrow, and he will basically agree.

As for these officials, Xu Ming plans to invite Xiong Haizhi, Li Han, and others to serve, and then let His Majesty choose a few people to get involved.

In this way, the framework of the commander's office is basically completed.

In a few days, the Embroidered Uniform Guard can officially "open for business."

"My Lord."

Just as Xu Ming was thinking about the framework of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, a maid came over and bowed.

The maid's name was "Yang Qu'er."

She was the person selected by Emperor Wu.

"What is it?" Xu Ming asked.

"Madam Wang and Young Master Xu have come to visit."