The battle ended quickly, after Wei You fainted, tens of thousands of rebels were attacked by the Han army on all sides, and soon collapsed, surrendering to surrender, fleeing to escape, and being killed.

After the war, Gongsun Chan invited Ao Lie into the city of Feiru with a smile, treated him as a guest, and set up a banquet to entertain Ao Lie and his generals. When the banquet was in full swing, Gongsun Zhan sent someone to escort Wei You up, and then in front of everyone, he personally cut off Wei You's head with the Zhenyue sword. At this point, the matter of Zhang Ju's rebellion can be regarded as settled.

Three days later, Ao Lie offered his farewell and prepared to return to Jicheng to hand over the men and horses to Liu Yu. Under Gongsun Zhan's repeated retention, Ao Lie has been staying in Feiru for three days, and it is a little too much to say if he doesn't go back. Gongsun Chan also knew that Lu Dao couldn't force Ao Lie to stay, after all, no matter how good the personal relationship was, he couldn't delay his official business. Liu Yu's Youzhou army was only temporarily under the unified dispatch of Ao Lie, and now that the war is over, it is time to hand over the men and horses to Liu Yu.

Gongsun Zhan took his personal guards to send Feiru City for twenty miles, and then he reluctantly said goodbye to Ao Lie. After bidding farewell to Gongsun Zhan, Ao Lie did not delay, led the army all the way, and returned to Jicheng a few days later. After entering the city, Ao Lie asked Shi Lian, Zhao Yun and others to go separately to rectify the people, and he entered the state pastoral mansion alone to visit his injured father.

After these days of cultivation, Liu Yu's body has recovered most of it, but he can't do some hard work, and he still focuses on recuperation. When Ao Lie entered his father's room, he saw his mother holding a bowl of ginseng soup and feeding his father with a spoon in small bites.

"Father, mother, the child is back." Ao Lie said softly.

With a bang, the spoon in Ao Xue's hand fell to the ground, and the whole person fell into a stagnation as if struck by lightning. Seeing his wife's abnormality, Liu Yu smiled and said: "What are you fuss about, it's not the first time Lie'er has been on the battlefield, what is there to be surprised about returning triumphantly." ”

Ignoring Liu Yu's words, Ao Xue Huo Ran turned around, her jade face was already full of tears, and she looked at Ao Lie fixedly, but she couldn't say a word.

Feeling Liu Yu's fatherly love like a mountain and Ao Xue's mother's love like the sea, the corners of Ao Lie's eyes were also moist. Fathers and mothers, love for their children, always have different expressions. Father's love is deep and introverted, and he is used to hiding love in his heart and silently blessing his children; The mother's love is soft and appropriate, and her love for her children is always so meticulous, and she can't wait to be by her children's side all the time.

Ao Lie took two steps forward and knelt down in front of Ao Xue, with a little choked in his voice: "Mother, the child is not good, you are worried." ”

Ao Xue shook her head gently, stretched out her hand like a spring onion, stroked the tips of Ao Lie's hair, and said: "Lie'er has made meritorious deeds and turned the tide several times, where is there anything wrong?" It's just that my mother's heart is always relieved of you, and in the past few years, my mother has burned three incense sticks every day, praying that the sky can bless you with peace and security......"

"Mother......" Ao Lie stretched out his hand to hug Ao Xue's willow waist, and couldn't help crying. In front of outsiders, Ao Lie is an invincible little overlord and an unbeatable myth, but after all, Ao Lie is only an eighteen-year-old boy, even if he counts the age of twenty years in his previous life, his heart is not yet forty years old, at his age, the things he has experienced are indeed several times or even dozens of times that of ordinary people, every time he sets foot on the battlefield, he cannot guarantee that he will come back intact, and he must work hard to protect the lives of his soldiers and reduce battle damage. In the past three or four years, except for the half year of rest in Luoyang when he married Cai Yan, the rest of the time was spent on horseback. Even the strongest person will feel tired after experiencing so many things one after another. Ao Lie is no exception, after all, he is also a human and not a god.

The weakness that had never appeared in front of outsiders was vented unreservedly in front of his mother, although Ao Lie didn't say anything to complain, but tears flowed unstoppably. Ao Xue stretched out her hand to hold Ao Lie's head, gently patted the back of Ao Lie's head, and said as if comforting and appreciative: "Lie'er, the bitterness in your heart, my mother knows the truth, for the sake of the Han Dynasty and the thousands of Han people, you have worked hard......"

There was a few slight knocks on the door.

Ao Lie hurriedly stood up from his mother's arms, quickly wiped the tears from his face, and then stood aside. Looking at Ao Lie's series of actions, Ao Xue smiled and said: "At a young age, you can open the door, at this time of the day, Yan'er will come over to say hello to your father and me." ”

Hearing the word Yan'er, Ao Lie's numb brain, which had been made by the war, instantly sobered up, and everything was thrown to the back of his mind, replaced by a thick longing. At the beginning, because of the urgency of the war in Wancheng, Ao Lie did not bring his new wife Cai Yan with him, but left Cai Yan in Luoyang. Later, he caught up with Zhang Ju's rebellion, and Ao Lie didn't have time to pick up Cai Yan, who would have expected that Cai Yan would come to Jicheng.

Quickly came to the door and pushed the door open, Ao Lie saw a face that was alluring to the country and the city appeared in his sight, wasn't it his new wife Cai Yan. "Yan'er ......" After Ao Lie saw Cai Yan's delicate face, he could no longer control the thoughts in his heart, and stretched out his hands to hold Cai Yan firmly in his arms.

Cai Yan actually knew the news of Ao Lie's return to the city, but she thought that with Ao Lie's character, she would definitely settle the military horses before returning home. Now that I suddenly saw Ao Lie, I couldn't say a word of lovesickness in my stomach. The moment he was hugged by Ao Lie, Cai Yan's tears flowed down instantly, like beads with broken threads, crystal clear. How many times in his dreams, Cai Yan dreamed that Ao Lie was injured and bleeding on the battlefield, and woke up crying from his dream, the feeling of longing was really miserable. So Cai Yan made a decision to go north to find Ao Lie. When she came to Jicheng, she unexpectedly met Liu Yu who returned to the city to recuperate, so Cai Yan stayed and took care of Liu Yu with Ao Xue. Now that he finally saw Ao Lie return safely, Cai Yan didn't know how to express his feelings except for crying with joy.

Liu Yu and Ao Xue looked at the little couple who hugged each other and cried, the old couple's faces were full of knowing smiles, the scene in front of them was just like when they were young, every time Liu Yu stepped on the battlefield, Ao Xue was always 110,000 uneasy, whenever Liu Yu returned safely, Ao Xue would be like Cai Yan, expressing his joy with tears of joy.

A family of four, immersed in this warm atmosphere, couldn't extricate themselves for a long time......

Two days later, Liu Yu summoned the officials of the state pastoral government to come and make a celebratory banquet for Ao Lie's victory. Ao Lie handed over the men and horses to Liu Yu in public and returned the talismans. At the banquet, a group of Youzhou civil and military officers were full of praise for Ao Lie, which made the smile on Liu Yu's face never stop. It is every father's wish to hope that his son will become a dragon, and when Liu Yu saw that Ao Lie had really grown up, the joy in his heart could not be described with pen and ink.

Just as the banquet was in full swing, a sudden announcement came from outside the hall: "The messenger of the Son of Heaven has arrived——! ”

Everyone stopped their glasses, stood up, and looked out of the hall. Wu Xu, the messenger who came to Youzhou several times to convey the edict of the Son of Heaven, hurriedly walked into the hall, contrary to the calm bearing when he came several times before.

When everyone saw Wu Xu wearing a white veil, they were all taken aback. According to Wu Xu's identity, he will not easily wear filial piety, and if he can wear filial piety to convey the edict of the Son of Heaven, then there must be a royal relative in the court who has died, and he is still a very favored imperial relative.

His eyes turned around among the silent people, Wu Xu opened the edict of the Son of Heaven, and recited in a low voice: "The edict of the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Dynasty ......" Wu Xu had just read the beginning, and the hall suddenly exploded. One stone stirs up a thousand waves, and everyone knows very well what the edict means, which means that Liu Hong has died today.

Liu Yu had tears on his face, knelt on the ground weakly, covered his heart with his right hand, and cried bitterly: "Holy Lord, Holy Lord, you died like this, the prince Chen Liuwang is still young, not enough to be in charge of the government, isn't my Han country even more stormy......

All the officials in Youzhou also had miserable expressions on their faces and were at a loss. There are those who beat their chests and feet, those who sigh for a long time, and those who lament their wrists.

Only Ao Lie is not as sad as others, Ao Lie's soul is from the afterlife, and he sees this kind of thing as life and death very openly. Besides, to tell the truth, Liu Hong is not a good emperor, he was greedy for pleasure in the first half of his life, and all kinds of enjoyment patterns emerged in an endless stream, and Mingjun was not at all involved. However, Liu Hong seems to have opened his mind in recent years, and suddenly came to his senses and began to carefully govern the government, although it is not a hard work, but it is many times stronger than in the past. From this point of view, knowing that he was lost and returning is still worthy of Ao Lie's respect, although he woke up too late. The trajectory of history has undergone some deflection here, originally in history, Liu Hong did not have time to pass down the edict to determine the next Son of Heaven, and Liu Xie was the puppet emperor who was later supported by Dong Zhuo after entering Beijing, and now because Liu Hong lost his way back, he directly issued an edict to the world and established Liu Xie as the next Son of Heaven.

In any case, Liu Hong is not bad to Ao Lie, and he tried his best to put Ao Lie in the position of hussar general and champion marquis, and gave Ao Lie the privilege of opening the palace and the three divisions, and once vaguely mentioned that he would hand over the future Han Jiangshan to Ao Lie and Liu Xie to jointly manage, and Liu Hong's trust in Ao Lie alone was worth Ao Lie shedding a few tears for Liu Hong.

Taking in everyone's sorrows, Wu Xu was also stunned in his heart, although the rivers and mountains of the Han Dynasty were already declining and the prosperous era was not there, but there were still many loyal people who cared about the Han Dynasty. Of course, this does not include Ao Lie, Ao Lie never cares who is in power, he only cares about the people of the Han Dynasty, and he supports those who can work for the welfare of the people; Otherwise, he will rise up and create a prosperous era of his own. Of course, Wu Xu would not know Ao Lie's thoughts, Wu Xu just thought that Ao Lie was simply crying for the death of Emperor Ling.

After calming down his emotions, Wu Xu continued to read: "The edict of the first emperor removes Liu Yu from the post of pastor of Youzhou, and from now on he will enter Beijing to serve as the post of Great Sima, and assist the prince Chen Liuwang in governing the government. In addition, Hou Aolie, a hussar general and champion, made a meritorious contribution to quelling the rebellion, and was promoted to the post of Youzhou pastor on the same day, and his original position remained unchanged. Chin this! ”

Liu Yu and Ao Lie said in unison: "Thank you for your saints." ”