In the autumn of the ninth year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, the four-year-long Battle of Hebei came to an end at the moment of Karasuma's defeat, Luan Yi could finally put his mind at ease, and the printmaker returned to Jinan.

Nearly 100,000 Church Guardians enjoyed the cheers of the people of the diocese along the way, with the joy of triumph. By the time we arrived at the ground in Yanzhou and Jinan, it had reached the cold winter wax moon, and the cold wind on the North China Plain was biting, but the cheers of the people were like the scorching sun on a hot day, which warmed the hearts of the guards who had experienced a lot of hardships.

They instantly felt that the blood, sweat and tears they had paid for the church and the people in the past four years were worth it.

Twenty miles away from Licheng County, Jinan, the army met Taiwei Yang Biao, Sikong Wang Yun, Taichang Cai Yong, Zongzheng Liu Dai, Mao Jue and other civil and military officials.

In addition, the young emperor Liu Xie claimed that he also wanted to come to greet him, but he couldn't go out due to the wind and cold for a while, so he had to send his regular attendant Yu Du to greet him.

However, the young emperor did not know that although Luan Yi was on an expedition, he was familiar with every move in Jinan under the continuous spy monitoring of Aegis. Knowing that the young emperor is very tough this time, he is not sick at all! The reason why he didn't come was because he was jealous of Luan Yi's new achievements, and he didn't want to see Luan Yi's high-spirited appearance after his triumph.

Luan Yi didn't care about this. Now he is no longer the person who looked at the emperor's face and acted in the past, under his single-handed arrangement, more than eighty percent of the civil and military officials have put on divine robes. The Sect Master's Mansion has become an existence above the imperial court.

As for the local people, when they experienced the dim years of the Second Emperor Huan Ling, they were already resentful of the imperial court, and understood that without the Holy Mother of God, they would never live such a rich life as they are now, so they all looked forward to Luan Yi and disdained the current Han Emperor.

In this way, people's hearts fell to Luan Yi under the subtle influence of the Church of Our Lady. As a result, now he doesn't need to care about the emperor's prestige and royal face at all, as long as he wants to, the day of subverting the regime will be in the morning and night.

In addition to the civil and military officials, among the people who came to greet Luan Yi were his family members. Father Luan Miao, mother Luan Diao, Cai Yan, Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, and Yang Wan are all among them. Cai Yan held the little Shimeng in her arms, she hadn't seen Shimeng for four years, and now she is a nine-year-old girl. As the so-called daughters mostly follow their fathers, Luan Shimeng's appearance is very similar to Luan Yi, and she is really a beauty with a pigtail. Her height also completely inherited Luan Yi's genes, she was more than five feet tall at the age of nine, taking into account that her "altitude" after puberty could exceed seven feet, surpassing many men in the Han Dynasty. With such a tall height, I'm afraid that it will be a big trouble to find my in-laws.

Thinking of this, Luan Yi couldn't help laughing at himself, the child was only nine years old, and he first thought of the child's marriage a few years later.

But then again, even if Luan Shimeng grows up to be a big man, as his eldest daughter of Luan Yi, it's too late for others to rush to climb the high branches, who would dare to dislike it!

I haven't seen her for many years, Luan Shimeng's eyes look at Luan Yi with strangeness, and at the same time, it is mixed with a bit of eagerness and yearning. Under the guidance of Cai Yan, she smiled at Luan Yi and said shyly: "Congratulations to Daddy for his triumph." ”

A congratulatory word from her daughter is better than the singing of thousands of gongs and drums, Luan Yideng's heart was full of joy, she stroked Shimeng's hair with a smile, and took out the gift prepared early in the morning from her arms.

It can be said that this gift is not valuable, but an ordinary horn comb carved from cow horns, and the texture of this horn comb is not exquisite, the distance between teeth is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, uneven, and the comb body is also scratched and full of flaws.

Luan Yi handed the corner comb to Shi Meng's hand, and said apologetically: "This is the comb carved for you by your father's hand, it looks like it is a little drawn, but it is a piece of my father's heart." ”

Hearing this, Cai Yan's eyes turned red. Although she did not personally experience the war with the army, she knew how busy Luan Yi should be as the commander of the first army during the war just from what she wrote in the book. can take time out of his busy schedule to make gifts for his children, which can highlight Luan Yi's fatherly love.

"Thank you father yet!"

Xiao Shimeng is still young, and obviously does not express the affection contained in the ugly comb in her hand. However, over the years, under Cai Yan's education, Shimeng is very knowledgeable. After getting Cai Yan's instructions, he did not hesitate to salute and thank Luan Yi, and he looked like an elementary school at a glance, and Luan Yi couldn't stop laughing.

Compared with Luan Shimeng's liveliness, Luan Ping, the eldest son Luan Ping, who has not seen Luan Yi since he was born, is much more indifferent. Speaking of which, Luan Ping is now almost three and a half years old, and there is no problem with basic conversation, but he can't say the word "father". For him as a child, father was a strange word, although he often heard people mention it, and saw that everyone around him had a father as his company, but he never met his own father. Only occasionally in the dead of night, I see my mother Yang Wan wandering towards a picture.

Luan Ping remembered that the painting depicted a wise and martial general, dressed in silver armor, wearing a red cloak, and holding a lotus-shaped sledgehammer...... Mother said that this was his father.

"Why isn't my father at home?"

"Father went to war!"

"When will he be back?"

"I'm coming back! It must be soon! ”

Since Luan Ping was sensible, he began to ask like this, and whenever he asked about this, Yang Wan always replied, "Soon!" Coming back! And this so-called "fast" has been more than a year. After a long time, Luan Ping forgot about this time and continued to live his life without his father, for him, his father was just a dispensable existence.

The indifferent eyes of the only son in front of him made Luan Yi's heart twitch. He tried to stroke Luan Ping's black hair, or simply take it into his arms and kiss it.

However, when he leaned towards Luan Ping, he found that Luan Ping shrank into Yang Wan's arms like a great enemy, and turned his head and refused to look at Luan Yi.

Seeing this, Yang Wan explained to Luan Yi, "The child is small, and he is a little recognized, so don't be angry." After a long time, when you are familiar with the master, you will become intimate. ”

Luan Yi secretly regretted that he failed to give Luan Ping a childhood with fatherly love. Then he smiled embarrassedly, "I can save myself, but I can't live with Ping'er!" After saying that, he took out the small wooden horse carved by himself on the way across the Taihang Mountain from his arms and stuffed it into Luan Ping's hand, "Look, this is a gift from my father to Ping'er, do you like it?" ”

Luan Ping nodded noncommittally, but from his back and forth looking at the appearance of the Trojan horse, Luan Yi saw that this not exquisite gift was quite in line with Luan Ping's wishes.

As the saying goes, it is human nature that blood is thicker than water, and the first gift his father gave him is worth cherishing forever.

After seeing his family, Luan Yi still couldn't go home. Because according to custom, after the victory of the army, he also needs to feast his ministers in the palace to celebrate.

At the banquet, the young emperor Liu Xie did not appear as always. However, for his absence, civil and military officials seem to have become commonplace, and they ignore the empty Ninety-Five Throne, and the entire process of the banquet is presided over by Luan Yi.

Under the accompaniment of the music, Baiguan was in high spirits and continued to toast Luan Yi one after another. Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Mao Jue, and Xi Zhicai tried their best to help Luan Yi drive, but after all, they still couldn't stop the surging enthusiasm of the officials, and they were drunk. Luan Yi was also drunk and unconscious, going in and out vertically and horizontally, stunned to be carried back to his home by Dian Wei.

It was not until three o'clock on the second day that he woke up from his drunkenness. The swaying head looked up and saw that the military tent and the marching bed had become yesterday, and the warm soft bed in front of him, as well as his wife Cai Yan next to the pillow, were the symbols of home.

It was only at this moment that Luan Yi truly understood the true meaning of "home is a harbor of the soul", only here did he not have to pay attention to the complicated things in the court, nor did he have to think about any civil suffering, let alone worry about the intrigue between people. In this warm place, Luan Yi can take off the mask of work and become his true self - a man, not a high-ranking leader and a hero in the eyes of everyone.

Thinking of this, Luan Yi's heart was warm, and he took a sharp breath of the air in the house, and suddenly felt that even the air at home was sweeter than outside. His act of breathing violently woke up Cai Yan beside him, Cai Yan raised in front of him, looked directly at Luan Yi's face and asked, "Why is Ziqi sighing?" ”

"It's not a sigh! I just think ...... Yan'er is so fragrant! ”

Listening to Luan Yi's affectionate words, Cai Yan's cheeks turned red. The dignified and shy behavior provoked Luan Yi's heart to ripple for a while. Yesterday night, Luan Yi was unable to have sex due to excessive drinking. Today, more than half of the strength of the wine has disappeared, and the wine has risen, and I suddenly have a strong "idea". immediately picked up Cai Yan's cheek and sent his lips up, but Cai Yan tilted his cheek and avoided it.

Cai Yan said: "Ziqi, the sky is bright. Yan'er also asked her parents-in-law and several younger sisters to have a small gathering at noon today. Now that the time is almost up, let's stop tossing! ”

The arrow had to be sent on the string, at this time, where could Luan Yi take care of these, he was pulled away, wrapped himself and Cai Yan tightly, and got busy lying on Cai Yan.

Poor Luan family members waited for Luan Yi to come to the left of the hall, and Cai Yan couldn't wait. After waiting for a long time to no avail, the old lady sent Luan Fu to investigate. And the latter came to Cai Yan's door, and knew what was going on in the house just by listening to the movement, and he didn't dare to report the matter to everyone in public, so he whispered to the old lady about the original situation.

Luan Diao laughed, "This kid is estimated to have been suffocated in the past few years!" Leave it to him! ”

So, a family luncheon turned into a dinner party.

Before the dinner, Cai Yan, who assumed the role of the housewife, took the first step to change her clothes and get up to arrange the banquet, while Luan Yi's other wives and concubines, Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, Yang Wan, Qiqiao, and Ah Li, who was new to Luan's family, stayed in the hall or talked to her in-laws, or talked to each other, or were in a daze about their own actions.