Youzhou, Shanggu County.

Since the early morning, the sky has been very gloomy, almost noon there is a light rain outside, the raindrops on the window crackling softly, in the courtyard, the small figure, called Xianghe maid is running in a hurry, packing up the clothes hanging in the courtyard, the gray rain curtain shrouds the city, in a certain open window in the backyard of the main house, the white slender feet are put down from the bed, put into the embroidered shoes, carefully get up and go out of the door.

Cai Yan has become much lazy these days, and at first she was hesitant, but then she heard from a woman who had given birth to a child that a pregnant woman would feel like this, and her heart was steady.

Walking out of the house, the maid who was packing up the clothes in the courtyard looked at this side, and hurriedly shouted loudly, and in the sound of chirping, several women and maidservants under the eaves of the corridor walked quickly towards this to support Cai Yan. The maid named Shouting is not very old, and her appearance is quite cute and good-looking, but her babbling temperament does not match her appearance.

"Aren't you guarding your lady...... The lady came out alone, if she bumped it, she would be skinned ......" The little maid made a vicious tone and threatened the women, but the women who came over were all women who were tortured in Cai Yan's small attic at the beginning, and they were tough and fierce in their hearts, and they didn't care about the intimidation of this little girl at all.

Cai Yan stroked the tall maid, tilted her head, and smiled: "Okay, Xianghe, you go and do something else, they will accompany me for a walk." ”

"Oh!" The maid curled her mouth, approached the room with a bunch of clothes quite aggrieved, and then lay on the edge of the window, supporting her chin in distress and shaking her little head: "Am I not Madame's personal maid....... I've heard people say that being a personal maid is very powerful, why aren't other people afraid of me at all, alas......"

The rain was falling outside the window, masking the girl's soft muttering. On the other side, the woman who was supported and surrounded was walking under the eaves of the porch, and after a while, the raindrops became heavier, crackling on the tiles, and entered the main hall in the front yard, Dongfang Sheng, who had been waiting at the door, hurriedly crossed the threshold, and came in with wet steps and footprints, and the maid went over to take away the cloak on his body, took it to the side to shake off the rain and hang it.

"I didn't expect it to rain today." Dongfang Sheng was drenched in rain on the way to come, pulled up his wide sleeves and wiped his forehead: "Madame is not drenched in rain, the autumn rain is slightly cold, but you must ......" The words paused, and the maid with the cloak in the afterglow left not long ago, and took out a folded cloth silk from the cuff and put it on the table of the woman opposite: "The news has been confirmed, Bai Rao and the others really want to make trouble, and they are pulling people around." I can't say that there will be action today and tomorrow, and Mrs. is a precious body, so Sheng suggested going to the government to stay for two days. ”

Cai Yan was stunned, and pushed back with his hand on the cloth: "I am a woman, you can just make up your mind about these things." The hand was withdrawn and folded on the legs in front of the bulging lower abdomen, and shook his head: "But if you want me to leave, it is not okay to hide behind, my husband went to seek Xianbei and seek justice for the dead people, as his wife, how can I hide because of some villains who are not on the stage, and my husband is not there, I should stand behind the soldiers." ”

"Madame......"

There was silence in the room for a moment, and the one-armed scholar looked serious: "Originally, I wanted the mansion to be used as bait to let Bai Rao and the others fall into the net, but since Madame didn't want to leave alone, I had to do my best to stop them at the courtyard gate." ”

"I'm tired."

After Cai Yan sent the scholar away, she returned and walked a few steps, holding on to the pillar abruptly, her body trembled slightly, she stroked her stomach, gritted her teeth and took a deep breath.

"Husband, the concubine will guard the house."

The woman muttered, and then walked back to the room as if something had happened, and picked up the Han sword called 'White Horse' hanging on the wall, which was Gongsun Zan gave him his own saber after Gongsun Zhi captured Juyong County and killed Liu Yu, but it was just the two scimitars that Gongsun Zhi was used to, and this sword could only be hung on the wall and never moved.

Cai Yan held the sword, pulled out half of it, stared at the sword body reflecting the cold white light, and stood there for a long time.

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At night, when the weather cooled down, the Xianbei Royal Court and the empty tribal camp were refilled with many people, and a slight stench came from under the dirt in the air.

On September 15, the team that fought against Xianbei returned here.

The flames are bright, the bonfire is burning, the voices of people and horses make this place rejuvenate the breath of life, the soldiers who eat beef and mutton gather around the fire, and the wine bags of more than ten people rotate in the hands of people, talking and laughing loudly, but in this case, the vigilance still shows no signs of relaxation.

The former Xianbei royal court became dilapidated after the fight, and most of the tents left behind were also broken, even if they were repaired, occasionally there would be a night wind to drill in, defeating the Xianbei people, in fact, it was a surprise for most people, after all, fourteen years ago, Zeng was upright, devastating and defeated more than 30,000 Han cavalry, and now more than 10,000 people who have been scraped together have re-erected the Han flag to kill back, and most people have a great honor in their hearts to defeat each other.

However....... Kebineng died in this battle, and the slaves surrendered.

In the king's tent alone, the flames burned in the brazier, and in the staggered feast, he held a large bowl and laughed, and his voice could be heard from dozens of feet away. In addition to Dian Wei and Hua Xiong sitting on the blankets on both sides, Yan Rou and Zhao were also listed, and the leaders who had contributed to this battle also made an exception to sit in the big tent and share a roast sheep.

The bloody head was placed in a conspicuous position in the middle, and he glanced at it from time to time, and then quickly looked away, and raised the wine bowl at the reckless man who came over laughing, and when he drank it in a big gulp, outside the curtain, the burly and stout figure strode in, and first saluted the first grandson.

"In another half a month, autumn will pass, and I thought that a war would be fought in winter." In the big tent, Gongsun Zhi cut a piece of oily mutton in a fur coat, and looked at the half-kneeling figure with a smile, "This time I asked you to bring your family to go back to Shanggu County with me, do you have any complaints in your heart?" ”

"Back to the big chief, no!" Suo Nu straightened up and said Xianbei language: "If you can go to Han instead of fighting, Suo Nu also admires Sinology in her heart, and she should be grateful to bring her brothers and sisters at home with her." ”

There were guards translating, and on the other side of the case, Hua Xiong discarded a lamb bone, wiped his greasy mouth, and interjected: "When you arrive in the Han land, you see my Han Dynasty splendor, I can't say you don't want to leave yet!" ”

This sentence caused a lot of noise in the tent, after all, the Han people often miss their hometown, Hua Xiong's words made many people return to their hearts like arrows, talking about the prosperity of the Han land, all kinds of boasting became noisy.

"Chief, now that Xianbei ....... has been subdued" The middle-aged scribe next to him put down his cup, glanced at the lock slave, and turned his head: "Jizhou is still fighting hot, after all, Yuan Shao is not as good as a barbarian, General Baima has fought too smoothly all the way, Confucianism thinks that there is a problem here, once Yuan Benchu counterattacks, Youzhou is in danger." ”

The silver knife was stuck in the leg of mutton, Gongsun Zhi swallowed the food, and was silent for a while: "It's not time yet, let the brothers rest for a while." Pour the wine and put it to your mouth: "What's more, there are hidden dangers at home that have not been cleaned up." ”

After a sip of it, the large bowl was thrown on the long table and buzzed in circles.

"This time, although we won the battle in Xianbei in Liaoxi, but we also lost a lot of people, the brothers are not iron-clad, it should be the time to rest, and we must not be stingy, as for Yuan Benchu, although there were several confrontations in the first half of the year, but in the end there was no dignified duel, on the other hand, we are too few people after all, at the moment thousands of people are running around on the grassland, and they are also reliably plundering to fill their stomachs, and the horses also have green grass to temporarily feed their stomachs, and when they reach the hinterland of Jizhou, thousands of people and horses eat and drink, and the problem is serious."

The knife slashed a piece of meat from the leg of mutton, Gongsun put it in his mouth, and his eyes swept over everyone: "We have come all the way and fought many victories, but don't be too arrogant, only a wolf who always goes all out can not be eaten by prey...... There are also Xianbei and Xiongnu cavalry staying in the royal court, and the Han border is not allowed, you have to get used to this problem. ”

When the dawn rose, the team set off again, but the cavalry of Xianbei and Xiongnu could only stop here, and only Qubei and Suonu followed them on the way back to Shanggu County.

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In the southeast, the air on the streets of the city after the autumn rain became fresher, and the number of pedestrians gradually increased, and occasionally people bumped into each other, quietly pushing each other to something unknown, and then leaving quickly.

In the Bai family's house, Bai Rao picked up the cloth silk and glanced at the agreed time, and then burned it........