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On the way back to Jiuyuan City, Xiang Ye's mood couldn't calm down for a long time. He didn't know what to do with Shi Lei's massacre of the Hun captives, and he had strictly ordered the whole army not to mention to anyone what happened in the canyon.

If someone pursues the fact that the Xia army trapped 80,000 Huns in the canyon without bringing back a single prisoner, Xiang Ye thought of the explanation that the battle was too 'fierce', and the Huns resisted stubbornly, and finally all of them were killed.

After returning to Jiuyuan City, Xiang Ye realized that his worries were completely unnecessary. He and Shi Lei were greeted most warmly by the soldiers and civilians of Jiuyuan.

In addition to the soldiers on duty who could not leave their posts, after knowing the news that the Xia army had won the first battle and severely damaged the main force of the Xiongnu royal court, the entire Jiuyuan City was boiling.

Men and women, old and young, all flocked to the gates of the city, and among them were many young women and women with children in their arms. When these young 'women' and 'women' saw Xiang Ye and Shi Lei riding their war horses towards the entrance of the city 'gate', they would gently clench the little hands of the children in their arms, hoping that the children would grow up quickly and be able to go into battle like their king and general Wuwei to kill the Huns who had been bullying them.

When Xiang Ye and Shi Lei rode past the civilians on horseback, the civilians waved to them with cheers, and they also smiled and waved to the civilians.

The common people of Kuhara City organized themselves spontaneously, and the city was filled with the sound of gongs and drums and the singing of the people celebrating the robbery of the 'Yin' Mountain.

"It seems that my previous fears were completely unnecessary." Xiang Ye rode on horseback, waved to the civilians on both sides of the road, and whispered to Shi Lei beside him: "They don't seem to care whether we bring back the prisoners at all, they only care about whether we win this battle or not." ”

The corners of Shi Lei's mouth tugged, and he said with a cold smile: "They have no reason to care about the captives, among the residents of Jiuyuan City, almost every family has relatives who died in the hands of the Huns, and they hate the Huns, not to mention that I only killed so many tens of thousands of people, even if I slaughter the entire Huns, no one will stand up and say that I am cruel." ”

Xiang Ye didn't speak, just sighed.

Hatred between different ethnic groups has always existed, and this is not only between the Xia and Xiongnu. The Xiongnu and the Central Plains were originally the same clan, the Xiongnu were just the descendants of Xia Wei who fled to the grassland when the Xia Dynasty fell, and they maintained different customs and living habits from the Central Plains, so they gradually separated from the Central Plains to form the Xiongnu.

Since the appearance of the Xiongnu, has been with the Central Plains war 'chaos', Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall mainly to prevent the Xiongnu, it can be seen that the Xiongnu have long forgotten that they were also the descendants of China, they have long become a threat to the survival of the Central Plains Rong Di forces.

After entering the city, Xiang Ye walked in the direction of the palace under the escort of Erhu and others, while Shi Lei led the Wuwei battalion, which had just won the battle, back to their station.

Before the noon 'door', Xiang Ye saw a large group of people standing outside the 'door' waiting to greet him, and among these people, he saw a fiery figure.

That figure was very familiar, and it seemed that Xiang Ye had an inexplicable sense of intimacy. It's just that he was too far away from the noon 'gate' to see who was wearing red clothes for a while.

"Congratulations to King Xia on his triumphant return from the Huns!" As soon as Xiang Ye arrived at the noon gate, a large group of ministers who had come to greet him knelt on the ground and congratulated him loudly.

"Everybody, get up!" Xiang Ye smiled slightly, raised his hand to the ministers and said, "Has the prime minister come?" ”

"I've been waiting here for a long time!" As soon as Xiang Ye's words fell, Wu Wei walked out of the crowd and stood in front of him and said deeply: "In the two days that the king was away, an old man came to visit, and he was also here at this time. ”

Xiang Ye frowned and looked around for a while. The man in red that could be seen just now was gone, and there was only a group of officials wearing Xia Guo's court clothes around him.

"The deceased? Where is it? After looking around, except for the officials, Xiang Ye didn't see any so-called acquaintances, and said to Wu Wei impatiently: "Who is it?" You tell him to come to see me soon, I just finished the war, and I am very tired, and I don't have time to hide cats from him! ”

Seeing Xiang Ye's impatient expression, Wu Wei smiled and said to the ministers, "Everyone, let me go, make way for Mrs. Yan." ”

The ministers leaned to both sides of the line from the position where Wu Wei was standing, and after a few moments they gave way to a path.

At the end of the pathway, 'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing stood side by side and smiled at Xiang Ye and gave Xiang Ye a concubine salute, and behind them stood a 'woman' in red clothes.

Seeing this 'female' person, Xiang Ye's eyes widened, and he hurriedly turned over and jumped off the horse and ran towards her.

When he arrived at the 'woman' in red, he grabbed her hand and couldn't hide his joy and said, "Sister Chi Xue'e, why are you here in person?" ”

Chi Xue'e smiled at Xiang Ye and replied, "I am a businessman, and as long as a businessman has profits, he can go anywhere." Now that you have become the king of Xia, our friendship back then is naturally a strange thing, I sold all my family property and prepared to settle down in Daxia. ”

"Do you agree with this, brother-in-law?" Hearing Chi Xue'e say that she had sold her family property, Xiang Ye was stunned for a moment, then thought of her husband, and hurriedly said: "After all, the industry is still Yan's, it's not appropriate for you to do this, right?" ”

Chi Xue'e smiled bitterly, shook her head and said: "My husband has passed away last month, and the wealth I have worked hard for the Yan family over the years naturally cannot be handed over to others, of course, it is up to me to decide." Now I will cast all of them in the Xia Kingdom and use them to plan a future for me. ”

Xiang Ye was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Chi Xue'e was just looking for an excuse to use her family property to fund the war between the Xia Kingdom and the Xiongnu, and an irrepressible emotion suddenly surged in her heart.

"Good! Now what Daxia lacks is the funds needed to fight against the Huns, so I will accept my sister's investment! Xiang Ye smiled slightly, turned around and shouted to the ministers: "In the most difficult time of my Great Xia, Madame Yan sent us the wealth necessary for the war. Here today, I enshrine Mrs. Yan as Mrs. Rongguo, and I should refer to the three dukes! ”

When Xiang Ye said this, not only all the ministers, but even Chi Xue'e were stunned. She came to Great Xia and donated all her property, originally hoping that she would be able to live here, not too well, as long as there was a big mansion and a few servants. Unexpectedly, Xiang Ye was so generous, just because her property was saved, she was named Mrs. Rongguo.

Xiang Ye ignored the stunned ministers and said to Chi Xue'e: "Mrs. Rongguo, I have already asked people to prepare your mansion, and all that is missing is some items needed for life and a plaque. Now the Xia Kingdom is still more difficult, the north has to deal with the Xiongnu, and the south has to guard against Liu Bang, although the new policy has been implemented, but the effect has not yet come out, I can only wronged you. When the Xia country becomes rich and strong in the future, I will definitely build you a big mansion! ”

Chi Xue'e smiled slightly and said, "King Lao is bothered!" ”

Xiang Ye and Chi Xue'e were talking, and casually looked to the side, and after reading it, his brows furrowed, and he asked 'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing, "What about Di Yao?" Why didn't you see her? ”

Seeing Xiang Ye ask about Di Yao, the expressions on the faces of 'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing became a little unnatural, they lowered their heads at the same time and pursed their mouths, and after a while, 'Meng' Su said: "Di Yao went to the Huns, and she said that she would personally bring people back to help the king fight against the Huns." ”

"Nonsense!" After Xiang Ye heard that Di Yu had returned to the Xiongnu, he glared at 'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing and said, "Don't you know that Mao Dun has been looking for her, what if she is captured by the Huns?" ”

'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing saw that they had lost Di Yan, and they knew that they were wrong, and they didn't dare to argue, but they lowered their heads like children who had made mistakes and didn't speak.

It's no wonder that they didn't greet them when Di Yan left. The people in the palace knew that Di Yu was brought back by Xiang Ye, and she was going to leave the palace, so naturally no one dared to stop her, and when 'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing heard from the palace 'girl' that she was leaving, Di Yao had already gone far.

"Erhu, bring twenty good hands and follow me to chase Di Yao!" Hearing that Di Yu was gone, Xiang Ye did not return to the palace, and beckoned to Erhu and shouted, and then rushed towards the direction of the city 'gate'.

After rushing out a few steps, he turned back to 'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing and shouted: "Mrs. Rongguo will be 'handed' to your care for the time being, don't show me any more loss!" ”

'Meng' Su and Xiang Qing looked at Xiang Ye's distant back, and flattened their mouths a little aggrieved, until Xiang Ye's figure disappeared from their sight, they turned around and said to Chi Xue'e at the same time: "Sister, the king has 'handed over' you to us, don't be busy going back to your own house, live in the palace for a few days and wait for him to come back and then settle down, do you think it's okay?" ”

Chi Xue'e smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, King Xia seems to have changed as a different person. If he had been so impulsive before, I found that he didn't seem to grow up, but a little more 'hairy'! ”

Xiang Ye led the two tigers and the twenty good guards to the entrance of the city 'gate', he reined in his horse and pointed at the officer guarding the 'gate' of the city with his horsewhip and asked, "Have you seen Di Juci leave from here?" If so, when did she go? In which direction did you go? ”

Seeing that Xiang Ye had not been long into the city and turned back, the officer hurriedly led the soldiers guarding the 'gate' of the city to kneel on the ground, and replied tremblingly: "King Qiqi, it has been three hours since Di Ye went out of the city, and she took seven or eight fast horses and went straight north after leaving the city. ”

Since Di Ye had been gone for three hours, Xiang Ye didn't dare to stop for a moment along the way, and took Erhu and the others to chase after him quickly in the direction pointed by the officer.

After running for more than two hours in a row, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Xiang Ye grabbed Chiji and waved his hand behind him, and Erhu and the others hurriedly stopped behind him.

"It's dark, and now we are fighting with the Huns, scouts on both sides are everywhere, in order not to bump into the Huns, we will temporarily settle down on the side of the road, and we will rush again tomorrow morning!" After Erhu and the others caught up, Xiang Ye turned his head and said to them. ~