Not to mention, when he came back from Xiangguo Temple this day, Yan Yan's mood was indeed much better, at least he was not woken up by a nightmare that night.

In the following days, due to several heavy snowfalls, Yan Yan did not go out again, and every day he played with Lu Jin at home, occasionally reading books by herself, and she was studying the missionary's notes to see if she could find something useful.

On the first day of the lunar month, Yan Yan originally wanted to take Lu Jin into the palace to visit the Queen Mother, because the last time Yan Yan gave the Queen Mother ginseng, the Queen Mother muttered a few words to Lu Jin, saying that she hadn't seen her for some days, so she should be able to walk and talk, right?

Yan Yan seemed to be very worried about her words, and the crown princess also said a few times that she wanted Yan Yan to enter the palace to play with Li Ran, the two children were of the same age, and the princess intended to let them have more contact, children, there should be a few more playmates of the same age, but there are almost no girls as big as Li Ran in the palace, and the princess and princess, the children outside the palace, are not at ease, so Lu Jin is the most suitable candidate.

But who knew that when Yan Yan was about to go out, Qingyun and Dahe came back, these two people were sent by Yan Yan to find Yan Peng in Weizhou when Yan Peng had an accident, and after five months of walking, Yan Yan naturally wanted to know what happened during this period.

According to Qingyun, they saw Yan Peng on this trip, when Suizhou fell that day, Yan Peng was indeed seriously injured and was carried out as a dead man, and now Yan Peng's body has not fully recovered, firstly, the conditions in the north are limited, and secondly, he is depressed.

Yan Ai didn't persuade him less, but the verbal persuasion of this kind of thing can only be an itch in the boots, which is useless.

Besides, Yan Ai is also very busy, the Tangut people have surrounded Gyeongju for a while, fortunately, Yan Ai has been dealing with these Tangut soldiers for a long time, and knows how to fight back and forth against these Tangut soldiers, when these Tangut soldiers gather under the city, he will order people to pour hot water down, or throw the ignited gunpowder into the pile of soldiers under the city, the explosion of gunpowder will make the soldiers injured or the soldiers' horses frightened, causing stampedes or falling horses.

If it is far away, Yan Ai will also order someone to dip pine oil on the arrowhead, light it and shoot it directly into the ranks of soldiers under the city.

The Tangut people did not know how to make gunpowder, but they would do the same, and they would shoot burning arrows at the city walls, and when the arrows were dense, they would also cause fires.

Therefore, Yan Ai had to take soldiers to patrol the city wall every day.

Yan Peng was not idle, he would also follow out and walk on the city wall, although it didn't help much, but it still played a certain role in stabilizing the morale of the army and the people.

Not to mention, Yan Peng still had the newly improved gunpowder recipe given to him by Yan Yan in his hand, which was even more powerful, so the first thing he did when he saw Yan Ai was to offer the recipe to make gunpowder.

Because Yan Ai was well prepared, he not only used gunpowder to force back these Western Xia soldiers, but also shot and killed one of the opponent's second-grade generals by mistake.

And here, Yan Ai ordered someone to send the gunpowder recipe provided by Yan Peng to other colleagues, and on the other hand, he ordered someone to step up the production of gunpowder, he was afraid that these Western Xia soldiers would make a comeback.

With this experience of defending the city, Yan Peng didn't want to leave the border anymore, not only that, but he also took his guards to other towns to inspect, wanting to promote Yan Ai's experience in defending the city.

Seeing this, Qingyun and Dahe did not persuade him again, escorted him to complete this inspection and then followed him back to Gyeongju, and the two proposed to return to Beijing.

This time, Yan Peng offered to ask them to help with one thing, that is, to escort Yan Ai's wife and child back to Beijing.

"You mean, my three aunts and they are all back?" Yan Yan was overjoyed when he heard the news.

In fact, after Qingyun and Dahe left, she remembered this matter, but unfortunately she couldn't notify these two people anymore, so she could only hope that Yan Ai or Chen Ying would take the initiative to come back, after all, if they stayed there, not only would they not help anything, but would drag Yan Ai down.

It's so good, this time Yan Peng finally did one thing right.

There is one point, Yan Peng is not at home, Yan Yan is worried that Chen Ying will be snubbed or something, but now that she has entered Layue, Yan Yan has no reason to take people to Mingyuan, and Ma will not agree for the sake of her own reputation.

"That's it, you two go back and rest for two days, and I'll go to Yan's house." Yan Yan quickly changed his mind.

Because from the perspective of etiquette, Yan Yan should also visit Chen Ying first, after all, Chen Ying came from afar, and she still came from the front line, and she is Yan Yan's closest relative, so it is reasonable for Yan Yan to visit her as soon as possible.

Thinking that it was almost the New Year, Yan Yan ordered Qingmiao to get a thousand yuan tickets, she took Qingyu into the treasury by herself, picked out a few pieces of clothing and a few pieces of jewelry, and then found four gold collars, which were considered a few gifts she gave Yan Cai.

came out of the house, took a detour to the pastry shop to get a few snacks, and then hurried to Yan's house.

When Yan Yan entered the door, Ma and Chen Ying's eyes were red, and Yan Tong said that the two of them had been crying since Chen Ying entered the door until now, and they only received tears when they heard Yan Yan coming.

Yan Yan stepped forward to meet everyone, Chen Ying took Yan Yan with one hand and Ma Shi with the other, and couldn't help crying again: "God is pitiful, I can still see you alive, but I don't know your two uncles... ”

She choked up and didn't continue.

She choked up, and Ma remembered the recent unpleasant events, and her tears couldn't stop falling.

"Second aunt and third aunt, don't worry, the second uncle and the third uncle will be fine, maybe it won't be long before they can come back." Yan Yan had no choice but to hold the two of them and persuade them.

"That's not the case, mother, you and the third aunt have been crying for almost an hour, it's time for the third aunt to rest, the third aunt and a few younger brothers and sisters have come from a long journey, is it time to wash and eat something?" Yan Tong stepped forward to persuade.

"It's not like that, I'm also confused, brother and sister, I've been patronizing to inquire about the front line for half a day, and I actually forgot that you must have been hungry when you just entered the door, so I'll order someone to arrange it, and ask my brother and sister to take care of it more, sister-in-law, I really don't mean it." Ma let go of Chen Ying, wiped his tears, and quickly ordered.

Fortunately, the housekeeper beside her was very discerning, and she had already ordered someone to prepare hot soup and rice, and at the same time sent someone to clean up the place where Chen Ying lived.

Seeing that these things were all arranged, Ma Shi hurriedly ordered someone to fetch water to give Chen Ying a few simple washes first, and then the food came up.

After the meal, Ma ordered someone to send Chen Ying's family to bathe and pack their luggage first, Yan Yan had the heart to talk to Chen Ying again, but when she thought that she was tired for so many days, she must also need to bathe and change clothes, so she didn't follow, but stayed on Ma's side, because she also saw that Ma also had something to say to her.

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