At the end of the summer of the fifteenth year of Kangshun, the Starfall Dynasty in the north raided the North Pass of Xialan with 200,000 light cavalry, and broke through the pass when the Xialan Dynasty was unprepared.

On June 13, Xie Xunke, the Duke of Rongguo of the military general Juemen, asked the court to lead troops to defend against the jackals, and Emperor Rui agreed.

On June 14, Beiguan was defeated again, and the news came that the Starfall Dynasty pursued and suppressed 300,000 troops, and the general Hui Xu personally led an army of 500,000 to capture the three cities south of Beiguan, and Emperor Rui Longyan was furious, and appointed the mighty general Feng Shao to lead 300,000 troops with the 300,000 troops of the Xie family to go to Beiguan to support day and night.

On June 15, Emperor Rui led hundreds of civil and military officials to see off the army at Xuanwu Gate, the mighty general Feng Shao and his sister-in-law Feng Xi's second son Feng Xie led the Feng family with 300,000 soldiers and horses, Rongguo Gong Xie Xunke with his second son Xie Chengyu and grandson Xie Hengxu led the Xie family army of 300,000 soldiers and horses, and the two lions and tigers were heroic and drunk in the imperial capital, and embarked on a journey of thousands of miles to defend the homeland.

It was a rainy season, and in the box on the third floor of Kyoto's largest restaurant, "Diners' Fun", Tilian leaned against the window and watched the army of people in the city through the rain and fog.

In five years, Xie Hengxu's figure has risen a lot, and he is also much stronger, this little devil who has no serious hippie smile all day long is now in armor, brocade blue military uniform, silver-gray armor, black brocade cloak is wet by rain and fog, the color is moist, and the blood-colored Yingluo on the homogeneous helmet is easy to be soaked, sitting on a tall horse, she saw Xie Hengxu for the first time like a real military general.

As if sensing something, Xie Hengxu raised his head to the side, and met Di Lian at a glance through the dripping rain, seeing her slender figure standing at the open window on the top floor of the restaurant, looking at each other, Xie Hengxu's face slowly appeared a smile, the smile was as bright as the old vitality, and Di Lian couldn't help but laugh when she saw it.

Raising his right hand lightly, he threw an object from the window, and seeing him raise his hand to catch it accurately, Tilian Yue's eyes crooked and whispered, "Come back safely, I will hold a banquet for you to catch the wind." ”

As if hearing it, Xie Hengxu raised the thing in his hand, bowed his head at her, and turned back to ride his horse to catch up with the handsome flag that was walking away.

The 600,000 troops, no matter how numerous they were, had already left Kyoto by noon because they had accelerated day and night.

Tillian reclined on the soft couch in the box, looking out the window at the gloomy sky and motionless, until the clouds dispersed in the evening, and even a red glow rose in the west, reflecting the mottled rouge through the open panes, until the red gauze lamps outside the diners had been lit and hung one by one, and then Tillian moved to get up and go to bed.

Pushing open the closed Zhu door, I saw a sturdy old man in brown brocade standing outside the door, and when he saw her come out, he bowed and said in a thick voice, "The girl will go back to the house after dinner, Xu Ye explained before leaving, if the girl returns to the house on an empty stomach, I am afraid that she will be hungry all night." ”

Tillian was stunned when she heard this, and then smiled lightly, "No need, I'll eat when I go home." After that, he walked downstairs, and the old man followed.

sent her all the way to the door, and watched her get into the carriage, the old man lifted the curtain and whispered, "When Master Xu is not in the capital, if there is something, I don't know my subordinates." ”

Understanding his difficulties, Di Lianyue's eyes were slightly bent, "If it is inconvenient to deal with, you can send someone to the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion to communicate." ”

The worry on his face dissipated, and the old man smiled and said respectfully, "Girl, go slowly." Then he lowered the curtain and signaled that the driver could leave.

It was already night when she returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Qingwei had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and when she saw her coming back, she hurriedly stepped forward, wrapped the cloak in her arms, and said in a low voice.

"Xiangye knows that Miss hasn't returned home yet, and has been waiting for Miss to eat, and everyone is in the dining room right now."

Tillian sighed when she heard this, gave up her plan to go back to Pine Garden directly, and turned to go to the dining room.

Turning the corridor, the people in the hall saw her figure, and Aunt Chen, who was sitting at the bottom, hurriedly got up, and saw her climb the stairs into the hall door, so she bowed.

Glancing at her, Di Lian's jaw gestured, and walked to the empty seat on Jiang Luoxiu's right hand and sat down.

Princess Shenghua sat on Jiang Luoxiu's left side, watched her sit down and said, "Give Miss a bowl of hot soup to go cold." ”

The mother-in-law next to her must have reprimanded at this time, a daughter's family stayed alone and came back so late, but she had seen Jiang Luoxiu's indulgence of Dilian over the years, and Princess Shenghua would not go to please that boring.

In response, he stepped forward and served a bowl of carp soup to Tilian.

Dilian lowered her eyes and picked up the jade spoon in her hand and took a sip silently.

Seeing her look like this and not speaking, Jiang Luoxiu sighed and said in a deep voice, "Your grandfather has never been defeated in leading his troops, so Lian'er doesn't have to worry so much. ”

Tilian raised her eyes to look at him and said with a light smile, "It's just that I think that Xie Hengxu really can't bother me anymore, and I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart." When he comes back, I'll stop bullying him so much. ”

Seeing that her eyes were clear and calm, Jiang Luoxiu put his mind at ease and said with a light smile, "You and Zixu can be regarded as happy enemies, although that child is stubborn, but in the end he has some ability, don't worry, he will return safely." After that, he sandwiched a piece of jade-white shrimp meat and gave it to her.

Everyone at the dinner table was silent, but the three-year-old doll sitting on Tilian's right hand opened her mouth, and while clumsily handing the crucian carp balls that the nurse had put in her bowl to Tilian with a spoon, she looked at Dilian with pure and clear eyes, and her words were tender and well-behaved.

"My sister is not happy, Ge'er's meatballs are for my sister to eat."

Looking at the white jade balls that had been rolled in her bowl for half a circle and stopped, Tilian blinked, looked sideways at the white, tender and chubby child beside her, pursed her lips and smiled and pinched his face, "Thank you Ge'er." ”

Seeing her laughing, Jiang Ge also laughed silly, and a pair of phoenix eyes on her round face smiled into a gap, funny and cute.

Looking at Tilian's intimacy with Jiang Ge, Princess Shenghua smiled gently, although this child has not resisted herself all these years, she has refused to be close, but fortunately, she still likes the song of her grandson, so it is very good.

The Xialan Dynasty and the Starfall Dynasty originally divided this continent equally, for many years, except for the nomads in the northwest who occasionally came to invade the border, there has not been such a big war on this continent for a long time, when the army arrived in the north, the Starfall Dynasty had already captured the eight cities in the north of the Xialan Dynasty in one go, after the two armies confronted each other, the Xialan Dynasty finally took a bad breath, and recaptured the two cities within a month, and the war entered a confrontation period, the Starfall army could not attack, and the Xialan army could not fight.

Concerning the war between the two countries, Tillian had long expected that it would be a protracted war, but no matter how tense the war in Beiguan was, Kyoto, thousands of miles away, seemed to have nothing to do with herself, and people's lives continued as usual, except for the court would judge and discuss the course of the war, there was little change.

Xie Hengxu will come to a letter every month, from the letter Tillian did not feel the crisis of the battlefield at all, between the lines you can see that Xie Hengxu's humor and hanging, over time Tillian felt that it was a waste of feelings to worry about this guy, so she simply let go of her heart, and when she replied to the letter, she could also ask people to bring him some delicious and fun gadgets in the capital, but it is estimated that the delicious food will not be eaten when it arrives in Beiguan, so let him watch it to relieve his hunger.

In the past few years, she and Xie Hengxu started from "Diners", and successively expanded to the north and south of Kyoto, and the branches of "Diners" on the first floor of Kyoto have now been distributed to 17 towns, although it is still a drop in the bucket compared with the Yun family, but the income has been very considerable.

Xie Hengxu left Kyoto, and the business things naturally fell on Di Lian, she is no better than Xie Hengxu is a man, she can run around, even if she doesn't return home for a few days and nights, no one cares, so that once there is something difficult to decide, each branch reports to the Kyoto main store, and the big shopkeeper of Kyoto's 'Diner Huan' naturally needs to get Zuo Xiangfu to ask her, and she can hide it once or twice, but there are too many times, and she is as shrewd as Jiang Luoxiu, where can she not pay attention.

When he found out that his baby daughter actually had such a big property, and was even worth a lot of money, he was quite surprised and helpless, and it was even more difficult to hide the pride and pride in his heart.

The development of 'Diners' will continue, but Tillian is no longer satisfied with the limitations, taking advantage of Xie Hengxu's absence, she can make her own decisions without being constrained, Tillian decided to open up the field and set up two small stores in the back street of 'Diners' to open up in the middle, and start a jewelry pawnshop business.

The open field is naturally not such a light thing, from the setting of the store to the employment of personnel, there is no place to be sloppy, and Tillian finally understands why Xie Hengxu always says that she is 'moving her mouth', but fortunately, there is 'Diner Huan' in front of the rich foreshadowing, and Tillian can still cope with it.

In the middle of winter, Tilian's first jewel shop and pawnshop are finally on the right track, and the second year of summer finally begins to welcome pure profits, in the reply to Xie Hengxu, Tillian has to stuff a silver ticket of 10,000 taels, thinking that Xie Hengxu will be angry when he sees this silver ticket that can only be seen and cannot be spent in Beiguan, where birds do not lay eggs, and he can't help but roll a few laps on the couch happily.

In March, Lilian received a reply from Xie Hengxu, in which she bragged about her achievements in leading the troops to the expedition as always, and finally mentioned the silver ticket.

"While I'm thousands of miles away, Lian'er will be crazy for a while, and I'll settle the account carefully when I return to Beijing."