At this time, more than ten miles away from Nanchu Kyoto, a team of soldiers was in the shade of a tree, a stream was full of horses drinking water here, a team of people and horses rested here, the weather was too hot, and it was good to take a cool ride under the shade to drive away the heat all the way.

A little further away from the group of soldiers sat a middle-aged man, his skin was a little dark and a little rough, probably because he had been exposed to the wind and sun on the battlefield for many years, and he had formed this appearance over time.

The middle-aged man is very dark/strong, and his body sits there quietly, like a small mountain, although so, the middle-aged man looks full of energy, his eyebrows and eyes are full of righteousness, and there is a long stubble on the side of his mouth.

Not far from him, as a middle-aged woman, the woman was dressed very simply, how different was it from the soldiers present, except for some simple gestures, the clothes were very plain, and the hidden between a pair of beautiful eyebrows was all heroic.

At this time, the middle-aged man was obviously in a very happy mood, and said with a smile: "Madam, we will be able to arrive in Kyoto in half an hour. ”

The middle-aged woman did not have a smile in her eyes because of the middle-aged man's words, but glared at the middle-aged man, pretending to be a little angry: "Since Kyoto is so good, then why did you come to the north to marry me, I grew up in this northland, where did the northland provoke you?"

The middle-aged man saw that he had provoked her, and hurriedly explained: "What the woman said is that Kyoto is feminine and soft, suitable for those who dance and write, not for us rough gentlemen, we can't stay in Kyoto at all, the north is good, the north is much better than Kyoto." ”

The middle-aged woman heard the middle-aged man's words of forgiveness, and the anger she had pretended to be before suddenly dissipated, and now the corners of her mouth curled, and she said a little pungently: "This is old, and he is still so flamboyant!"

The pair of middle-aged men and women who spoke under the shade of the trees were General Xie Zhong and his wife Wen Qinghua.

Today, under such a hot weather, the leaves are a little sunburned, but they are in a hurry at the moment, in order to be able to participate in this year's birthday of Mrs. Xie and to send a congratulatory gift to Mrs. Xie in person.

No one in Kyoto knew that Xie and his wife would rush back today, because Xie Zhong's bravery and invincibility made Chen Guo hand over the surrender letter in advance, and he refused to fight again, and surrendered completely.

If the trend of the previous war was followed, this battle would inevitably reach the end of this year's year, but Chen Guo's letter changed everything, the border of Southern Chu was stabilized, and Xie Zhong naturally returned to Kyoto ahead of schedule.

They didn't even write to the royal family in advance to inform them, let alone the people of the Xie family, they probably wanted to bring a letter of surrender to surprise everyone in Kyoto!

With their own congratulatory gifts, they themselves came to the scene in person, rushed back from the border pass, and hurried to congratulate Mrs. Xie on her birthday, and the people of the Xie family will definitely be very happy at that time!

"We haven't participated in Mother's birthday for many years, in previous years, we asked someone to bring some things back, or at the end of the year, all the rewards of His Majesty were given to Mother, as a gift for Mother's birthday, and this year we personally attended Mother's birthday, but I don't know if this red fox cloak can be liked by the old lady. Wen Qinghua said.

When Xie Zhong heard his wife's words, he immediately said: "Why don't you get the love of the old lady? This is a rare treasure, and the red fox is very rare, how many red fox furs are there to make such a cloak, and for this red cloak, I have been squatting in the mountains for more than half a month! Originally, I went to hunt the red fox for you, but now you have to give this red fox cloak to the old lady, otherwise you ......."

Xie Zhong didn't finish the rest of the words, but he could obviously hear the meaning of his words, this red cloak was not prepared for Old Madam Xie, but for his wife Wen Qinghua to make such a cloak.

However, there is always something important in people's hearts, although this is so, there is a bit of disrespect, but Mrs. Xie is not her own mother after all, although when she was not old before, Mrs. Xie was also very good to herself, but compared with her own wife, Mrs. Xie is still not as good as her own wife.

What's more, Wen Qinghua has always stayed in the north with Xie Zhong, and the weather in the north is very cold in winter, and the cold in Kyoto is not as cold as the north in any way.

This red fox cloak must not be of much use in Kyoto, but it is completely different in the north on the body of his own wife.

Xie Zhong originally prepared the red fox cloak for his wife, because of Old Madam Xie's birthday, Wen Qinghua thought that they had not participated in Old Madam Xie's birthday for many years, and they must prepare a top congratulatory gift for Old Madam Xie.

Therefore, when Xie Zhong gave her the red fox cloak, Wen Qinghua said that Mrs. Xie was old, and it must be very cold in winter, so this red fox cloak should be regarded as a congratulatory gift to Mrs. Xie this year!

After Xie Zhong finished speaking, he naturally thanked the old lady in his heart, and naturally he was not as good as his own wife.

Wen Qinghua pondered for a while and said: "We haven't participated in the old lady's birthday for many years, and in the past, we didn't hate you later, or asked someone to bring it back, but who would know about these things, except for the old lady, is it difficult to go out and publicize it?"

Xie Zhong's eyes darkened.

Wen Qinghua continued: "Do you just want us to go back last time, what do people say about us? I heard those women in Kyoto chew their tongues, saying that we are very snub because Mrs. Xie is not your own mother. This time, I have to give this red fox cloak, all for your reputation, and for the sake of our daughter Shu'er, as a daughter's family, her father can't be slandered with such a reputation. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xie Zhong's eyes became darker and darker, and he didn't speak for a long time.

His eyes looked into the distance, and he thought about it carefully, his wife's words were indeed very reasonable, although the environment in Kyoto has always been calm and stable, without war and danger in the north, but there are so many families under the imperial city of Kyoto, those are stable and quiet, but they are just superficial.