The news of the battle in Guandu had reached the Northland half a month ago, and the bustle of Shanggu County had lasted for several days.

Before the war, Shanggu County had already entered the signs of prosperity, first Ma Zheng's measures, eliminating or reducing the monopoly of local families, so that merchants could get some benefits, thus pulling this extremely high trade hotspot, and then in the hands of the late Guhou gradually opened up the trade of beef tendon and cowhide, and even showed the promotion of the Hanmen scholars, which made the originally sparsely populated land, in the years since his death, this border county that has survived with his life has become more and more prosperous.

However, for most of the year after the outbreak of the war, Juyong Pass and Yanmen Pass entered a state of combat readiness, and the Taihang Mountains were also blocked, making the business route a little chaotic.

At the beginning of May, the county guard Wang Lie convened hundreds of people such as businessmen and gentry from the stranded and restless Chamber of Commerce, and held a meeting in front of the government office. His gaze swept over the faces below, calmly and attentively.

The woman named Cai Yan, her plain and graceful face gives people a sharp feeling, since her husband participated in the Jizhou battlefield, she has rarely gone out, and the affairs of the county will not be arranged by her as a woman, not to mention that Wang Lie and Bing Yuan are always talented, so they are naturally relieved.

In the case of the stalemate and unclear war, the hearts of the people in the county and even the other four counties need to be appeased as much as possible, even if there has always been little road at this juncture, they have to bring Gongsun Zheng out to give the people below some peace of mind assurance, which also gives people the most direct impression, which is the sentence said at the meeting that day.

"...... if the Northland changes hands, who can treat you and other merchants as generously as my husband? Throughout the ages, those who have become great causes, which one has not risen up in danger and cut through thorns to kill a piece of the world! The battle in Jizhou has not yet been clarified, and you should be unstable, but if you spread rumors in the city, take advantage of the situation, and collude with outsiders, then don't blame me for the sword in the woman's hand——"

The words are sharp and resolute.

After August, when the dust of the war in Jizhou landed, and the news of Yuan Shao's 200,000 army being defeated like a landslide came over the stars and the moon, for a time the entire uneasy Shanggu County was boiling, washing away all the previous depression and fear, the trade route was reopened, and a large number of people put down the stone in their hearts and walked on the street It also looked relaxed and excited. The liquor shop has popped up in a month or two, and the whole frustrated yang seems to be expanding at an alarming rate after this big victory.

At this time, compared with the prosperity of the city, they cared more about the invincible record of the wolf king, and even combined with the prosperity of Shanggu County, they inevitably thought in their hearts: Since they can defeat the 200,000 army, who else in this world can stop the capital overseer? In the future..... he can also be a minister of the dragon, even if he can't do it, he can be regarded as the first batch of officials in the new dynasty......

In a short period of time, such a secret discussion has been circulating in the mouths of this group of literati.

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On August 20, the sky was hot and dry, the house was lively and noisy, a group of people came in from the gate, led by Cai Yan with a sword, wearing a red cloak and walking through the eaves towards the backyard in a sassy manner, followed by dozens of female soldiers, and the servants and maids in the house hurriedly bowed down to say hello.

Just stepped through the crescent moon door in the backyard, and before stepping on the stone steps under the eaves, a woman named Xianglian held the woman's hair bun, approached quickly, and reached out to untie Cai Yan's cloak.

"The dignified general's wife, I didn't have a good rest, and I came to the mansion again." Cai Yan smiled at her, but the other party still untied the cloak and folded it.

A shallow smile appeared on the corner of Xianglian's mouth, and while packing up the cloak in her hand, she followed Cai Yan into the room, "I have been a slave and maid since I was a child, but now that I have turned it upside down, I was served rice and bowls, and I panicked, but I still returned to my wife, and my heart was much more steady." ”

"And the self-proclaimed slave." The woman who walked to the table poured water and took a sip heartily, "Don't call yourself that when you get here, marry a general, you should look like a general's wife, but if you want to come to the mansion, you don't need to look at yourself as a person." ”

"Hmm!" Xianglian responded softly, put the folded cloak aside, stroked the slightly bulging lower abdomen, thinking of the stupid husband, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but smile, and then, she frowned slightly, and looked at Cai Yan who was sitting at the table with some concern, "Madam, now that the battle is over, when can you come back?" ”

"No news yet." Cai Yan stroked the scabbard with delicate patterns, looked at the scenery outside the open door, the mottled sunlight casting on the gap in the trees was shaking with the wind, she looked slightly distracted, and her voice was very soft: "I don't understand the battlefield, even if the battle is over, there should be a lot of things to do..... now it's time to be on the way back." ”

Outside under the eaves suddenly sounded the sound of fast footsteps, turned over a year, and the long truncated Zheng'er appeared at the door with a red face, first to his mother after saluting, only then wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, panted and asked: "Mother, Daddy won the battle, when will you come back?" ”

Cai Yan smiled at Xianglian over there, "Another one asked when he would come back, this question should actually be asked to Wang Junshou and Bingjun Chengcai.....

While he was talking, a female soldier with a knife came over: "Madam, there is news from someone in the front yard that Wang Junshou has come over to see each other." ”

"It should be the news of the Governor's return..... Madame is going quickly...."Xianglian's eyes narrowed the crescent moon, and Cai Yan over there got up slowly and walked outside, and when she turned a corner in front of her with a team of female soldiers, her plain white skirt robe kicked off, but her pace was much faster, and she pushed open the door of the front yard to entertain guests, and Wang Lie, who was slender and thin, got up and arched her hand at her.

With the slender figure of the female soldiers who came in at the head spread out and guarded the door, the two people who stood left and right with Cai Yan on the side of the first place, and Cai Yan, who had not yet sat down, also returned the salute generously to the scribe who gave up, and the two of them sat down.

"The county guard came over at this time, but there is news from the husband's side?" Cai Yan asked, and raised his hand to ask the maid to pour warm wine for the scribe.

"There's news coming." Wang Lie took the wine, "The lord should have just arrived in Changping, and he still has to deal with some affairs, and he will probably pass Juyong Pass around September and return to Shanggu County." ”

Cai Yan flashed a look of scrutiny slightly, and nodded: "There is a county guard who specially came to inform him, but the county guard rarely saw the joy of my Beidi son's big victory on his face?" ”

"So Lie didn't just come here today to return for the Lord." The scribe's eyes raised slightly, and he arched his hand: "It's the movement on the other side of the Liaoxi grassland, at this time, the news of the lord's victory has not passed, and someone over there has quietly stuffed a secret letter." As he spoke, he took out a plain silk from his wide sleeve and handed it to the female soldier who came over.

On the first place, Cai Yan unfolded the plain silk and slowly swept the handwriting on it, the lights in the room shook gently, and there was a quiet around, after a while, the woman raised her gaze, and the plain white palm put the information into her sleeve, "The husband is fighting outside, there are always some people who can't jump out in a hurry, thinking that it is a rare opportunity, last year the husband said to the concubine, the grassland is vast, and people's hearts will become bigger......"

Cai Yan stood up and walked a few steps towards the door, and when the beads under the hairpin swayed, he turned around, his red lips opened slightly, and he slowly spoke: "...... concubine hasn't seen how big a person's heart can be, let the people over there offer it." ”

She is so quiet and graceful, but also has the ferocity of a she-wolf.

On the high terrain to the north, the wind roared in the night, and waves on the turf swung into the distance, concentrating on the huge Xianbei tribe of the enemy, which belonged to the top of the Xianbei king, someone sweated profusely and woke up from his dream, pushed away the body of the woman next to him, and walked out wearing a wolf skin.

The black sky was already dotted with stars, and a Milky Way was dotted with stars.