The light rain in the spring does not stop, a team of carriages go along the official road from the south slowly, although the ground has accumulated some water because of the rain, but it does not look muddy, because the official road of the Tang Dynasty has begun to be paved with burned cinders in recent years, which is a very primitive means of hardening, as long as the rain is not too big, it will not affect the passage of vehicles.

Zhao Deyan sat in the carriage, opened the window and enjoyed the rain outside, it is already February, the warm wind in the south keeps blowing to the north, making the temperature rise very quickly, although the road is getting colder and colder to the north, but it is not particularly unbearable, and even he feels very comfortable, after all, he is originally a northerner, even if he has stayed in Hongzhou in the south for nearly ten years, he still does not adapt to the local climate.

"Husband, how far are we from Chang'an, I haven't seen my grandmother for many years, and I miss the concubine very much, and I don't know how my grandmother is doing now?" At this moment, a woman's gentle voice suddenly came from behind Zhao Deyan and said.

Hearing the voice behind him, Zhao Deyan couldn't help but turn his head, only to see a beautiful woman in his twenties sitting there, with a man and a woman and two children playing with toys, this woman is Zhao Deyan's wife Yang, and she is also the granddaughter of Yang Guang of the former Sui.

"It's almost here, we have already passed Jinzhou, and then it is the boundary of Guannei Road, and the road of Guannei Road is relatively flat, you can speed up the speed, it is estimated that in about three or five days, you can reach Chang'an!" Zhao Deyan said with a smile at this time.

If Li Xiu sees Zhao Deyan now, I am afraid that he will be a little afraid to recognize him, because compared with Zhao Deyan back then, although he is over fifty years old now, he looks younger than he was at the beginning, you must know that when Zhao Deyan first saw Li Xiu, although he was only in his thirties, because of the suffering on the grassland, his hair was gray and his face was full of wrinkles, but more than ten years have passed, and now Zhao Deyan has gained a lot of weight, but it has made fewer wrinkles on his face and more smiles on his face, which has changed too much compared with him back then.

"That's great, but it's always raining these days, so don't get the gifts we brought!" When Yang heard that he would be able to return to Chang'an in three or five days, he also showed a happy expression at the moment, but then he was a little worried.

Since the destruction of the Turks, Zhao Deyan was also appointed as the assassin of Hongzhou because of his merits, and he has never returned to Chang'an since then, Zhao Deyan's health is not good, and he is worried that he will not have children, but later after the care of a famous doctor, the couple gave birth to a pair of children, because the distance is too far, Empress Xiao and others have never seen Yang's children, and she has no time to go back to Chang'an to visit, so this is also the first time to return to Chang'an, she also prepared a lot of gifts for her relatives, most of them are specialties of the south, and these gifts alone are loaded with several large cars.

"Don't worry, when I lived in the inn yesterday, I opened it and took a look, the gift was not wet, and there was a moisture-proof lime bag inside, so you don't have to worry." Zhao Deyan replied with a smile at this time.

"Daddy, what is my great-grandmother like, and my aunt, my mother always mentions these relatives, but my brother and I have never seen them." At this moment, I suddenly saw the older girl next to Yang put down the wooden doll in her hand, raised her little face and asked Zhao Deyan.

This little girl looks like she is six or seven years old, with a round face and big eyes, and her skin is snow-white, and Yang's is like a mold carved out, her name is Hong Zhu, it is Zhao Deyan's eldest daughter, because Zhao Deyan and Yang have been married for many years without giving birth, and then finally had this daughter, so Zhao Deyan is also very spoiled by her, and her name also has a deep meaning, because she was born in Hongzhou, plus Zhao Deyan regards her as the pearl of her palm, so she was named Zhao Hongzhu, and her nickname is Zhu Niang.

"Haha~, your great-grandmother is a very kind old man, and usually your mother corresponds with your great-grandmother, and she often says that she misses you and her brother very much, and you can meet when you arrive in Chang'an, and your father will not leave Chang'an in the future, you can also get along with these relatives more!" Zhao Deyan also showed a doting smile to his daughter.

The reason why he agreed to take over the position of Feinusi this time is that he has indeed drowned in Hongzhou over the years, and those Turks who dared to resist were almost killed by him, and the rest were all honest farming, and he couldn't kill people with nothing to do, and secondly, the children in the family gradually grew up, compared to Hongzhou, the environment in Chang'an must be better, whether the daughter marries in the future, or the son is studying, etc., they are stronger than Hongzhou, plus his wife also misses Chang'an's relatives very much, So after receiving Li Xiu's letter, he quickly agreed.

"Great, my mother has always said that Chang'an is very lively, I have long wanted to go and see it, and there is also the horse of the smartest person in the world that my father said, I want to see if he is really smarter than my father?" Zhu Niang said excitedly at this time, and finally specifically mentioned Li Xiu, because the person Zhao Deyan admires the most is Li Xiu, so she often mentions her in front of her children, but the little girl admires her father the most, but she is a little unconvinced by Li Xiu.

"Haha~, you will definitely see it then, if the colt is willing, I want to send you and Hongbao to study with the colt!" Zhao Deyan saw his daughter's happy appearance, and he also laughed at the moment.

Hong Bao is his son, that is, the little boy next to his daughter, but the little guy is a little tired, and now he is dozing off, he is only more than four years old this year, but he can already memorize the "Three Character Classic" passed on by Li Xiu, and he also knows a lot of words, which makes Zhao Deyan also have great expectations for his son's future studies.

"Mr. can pick students, students can also pick Mr., Daddy praises that colt every day, but I want to see if he is really smart, if he can't meet my requirements, I don't want to worship him as a teacher." Zhu Niang, this little girl, is arrogant, no wonder, she has been spoiled by Zhao Deyan since she was a child, and no one dares to provoke her in Hongzhou, so she naturally developed her temper, and she doesn't take others in her eyes at a young age.

"Don't mess around, if the concubine can accept you as a student, it is already your blessing, you must know that even several princes of His Majesty have been studying with the concubine since childhood, and there is no way for ordinary people to send their children to the concubine!" Zhao Deyan was also a little angry about his daughter's arrogance, and he rarely criticized his daughter a few words at the moment, which made Zhu Niang pout unhappily, but she didn't dare to fight back.

"Husband, it's okay for Hong Bao to go to study with the horse, but Zhu Niang is a girl, isn't it good to send it over together?" But at this moment, I suddenly saw Yang ask Zhao Deyan worriedly, after all, in the traditional concept, women don't need to read too many books like men, even if it is an official eunuch, the average woman knows some words, and it is enough to read a few books such as "Women's Commandments".

"Don't worry, the students who accept the horse have always looked at men and women, and now he has a few female disciples there, such as the daughter of the original Ying Guogong warrior Tong, who is the proud protégé of the horse, and this Wu woman is also engaged to the second son of the horse, and it is estimated that she will officially become the daughter-in-law of his family in a few years." Zhao Deyan spoke again at this time, and when he said the end, he also took a special look at his daughter.

Zhao Deyan often corresponded with Li Xiu, so he also knew the situation in Li Xiu's family very well, since Wu Shitong's daughter could be his disciple, his own daughter could naturally too, and as far as he knew, Li Xiu had a son who was about the same age as his daughter, if he could promote this marriage, it would also be a good thing.

Hearing her husband mention that the daughter of the martial arts family first became Li Xiu's student, and later married into the Li family, this made Yang's eyes light up, and he also looked at Zhu Niang, his daughter looked so cute, and extremely smart, if she could marry into the Li family, it would be a good thing, and even if the couple was no longer there, the children would not have to worry, after all, there was a big tree of the Li family, and no one dared to mess with them.

"That's great, Zhu Niang, don't mess around, when you see your great-grandmother in Chang'an, the first thing is to go to the horse to visit, and then you have to behave well, don't let me and your father down!" Thinking of the above, Yang also told his daughter at the moment, and also used a commanding tone, which made the little girl even more unhappy, of course, she is still young now, and she doesn't know what her parents really think in their hearts, otherwise she will only be more angry.

After all, Zhao Deyan still felt sorry for his daughter, and when he saw that his daughter was angry, he began to change the topic at the moment, talking about Chang'an's fun and delicious food, which quickly attracted Zhu Niang's attention, after all, the children were also most interested in these, and the Yang family next to her also interjected a few words from time to time, but she was still a little annoyed that her family came back late, missed this year's Shangyuan Festival, and if you want to see the lantern show, you can only wait until next year.

The light rain in the spring was like silk and mist, and the carriage of Zhao Deyan's family also accelerated towards Chang'an, Li Xiu and Ma Ye were also waiting for Zhao Deyan's arrival, especially after Hou Junji's incident in Gaochang, Li Shimin was also ready to withdraw Gaochang's army, so that it was necessary to send people to take over Gaochang's affairs as soon as possible, and Feinusi also wanted to establish a stronghold in Gaochang in order to divide and disintegrate the Western Turks.

However, just when the carriage of Zhao Deyan's family was about to arrive in Chang'an, it was suddenly stopped on the road!