In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed since Tie Wujiang bestowed the title of Marquis of Chen Zui Zhen'an, and it has snowed in the capital. People who have been busy for a year have returned to their homes to reunite, and the originally lively streets are also a little depressed because the Chinese New Year is approaching.

Twenty-ninth of the lunar month. This day is Chen Zui's birthday, his sixteenth birthday. After today, Chen Zui is considered an adult. But Chen Lin, Chen Zui's father, still didn't go home, which made Chen Zui, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, very dissatisfied.

It was not that he was dissatisfied with Chen Lin, but that he had some criticism of the Tianji Emperor, that is, his eldest brother Tie Wujiang. thinks that he is hindering the reunion of his father and son.

For this reason, Chen Zui also secretly entered the palace once to question Tie Wujiang. At that time, Tie Wujiang had obviously agreed in person, but his father, who was supposed to return three days ago, was still nowhere to be found. This made the three members of the Chen family also have some faint worries.

Qin Su was always absent-minded when he saw that Chen Zui had been drunk for the past few days, and he also knew that he was unhappy that his father could not go home as promised. It also comforted him from time to time. On one side is a husband who is loyal to the country, and on the other side is a son who misses his father. It really made it hard for her.

Don't you let your husband be faithful? Don't you let your son be filial?

What they did was right, and neither was at fault.

Not to mention Chen Zui, I haven't seen my husband for a long time, it's been a whole year. In fact, as a wife, why don't she miss her husband. It's just that as the daughter-in-law of the Chen family, she has to give up.

"Drunk, let's go eat first, you've been watching here for more than an hour. The weather is getting colder and colder, and Qin Su is also very distressed when he sees his children waiting outside the mansion every day for his father's return.

"Mother, I'm not hungry. Chen Zui was reluctant to leave, and directly rejected Qin Su's kindness. Suddenly, I felt that my mother's answer was more worried, so I changed my words again. "Grandpa hasn't come back this morning, so let's go with him when he returns." ”

Qin Suhui was lanxin, how could she not see the sensible Chen drunk, but in fact, she was comforting herself, and said to her softly, "I heard Uncle Chen say that His Majesty urgently recruited your grandfather into the court early this morning. It's early days, and your grandfather hasn't come back yet, so I think something important is happening. According to the experience of the past, after they had discussed, they would go home after eating in the palace. So, we don't have to wait any longer, let's go eat first. ”

"Okay. In order not to let Qin Su worry about himself, Chen Zui had no choice but to respond.

"Hey, grandpa is back. When he was about to return to the mansion, Chen Zui saw the old man's carriage coming back in the distance.

Qin Su didn't urge Chen Zui anymore, and greeted the old man back to his house outside the door.

The carriage stopped, and Chen drunk sensibly helped the old man to get out of the car. I saw that the old man was not smiling, and his face was solemn.

"Grandpa, I see that your face is wrong, but what happened?" After Chen Zui waited for the old man to stand on the ground, he hurriedly asked the old man.

The old man shook his head slightly, then turned his head towards the mansion with the door wide open, and said, "Let's talk about it when we go back to the mansion." ”

Chen Zui and Qin Su saw that it was inconvenient for the old man to speak, so they didn't ask any more, and hurriedly helped the old man into the house.

The next moment, Chen Zui, Qin Su, and the old man had already appeared in the hall, and the old man withdrew the others and sat on it.

The old man's face was gloomy, and he coughed violently from time to time, Chen was drunk, and Qin Su had to pat the old man's back again and again to alleviate his cough. The two of them didn't dare to speak.

"Something big must have happened, otherwise Grandpa would never have looked like this. Chen Zui thought to himself.

Not long after, Chen Zui still asked worriedly. "Grandpa. What the hell is going on?"

"Alas!" the old man sighed deeply, and continued. "I'm afraid your father won't be able to go home for a while. ”

"What?" he waited for many days, just to see his father, whom he had not seen for several years, and now that he heard the news that his father could not go home for reunion, Chen Zui was also stupid for a long time, unable to return to his senses.

Qin Su on the side can be said to know the old man and Chen Lin the best as far as Chen Zui is concerned. One is his father-in-law who has been waiting for many years, and the other is her husband who has been married for many years.

Qin Su knew that the old man's words could only represent one meaning. "But the war is going on again?"

The old man's face was full of helplessness, and he nodded heavily, which was regarded as a response to her.

Sure enough, only this one original sound will make Chen Lin, who has been thinking for many years, unable to even go home.

"But now that it is winter, it is a waste of money and labor, and the war at this time is not good for both sides. How could it be?" Qin Su then asked.

The old man sighed again, "I didn't think of it either. But today, His Majesty has received an expedited 800-mile rush from the border pass, saying that the war started yesterday. We have always believed that at the end of this year, it is impossible for the enemy army to go to war, but we don't want to, Da Zhao has long been ready for a cold winter war. The soldiers' clothes, pants, food and grass for the winter were prepared early, but our army was not ready. I don't know how many hot-blooded brothers will lose their lives in this battle. ”

On one side is ready and ready. On the other hand, they were passively attacked by the enemy and rushed to meet the battle. Da Zhao Guo is fighting Tianji this time, and he is unprepared. It seems that the current situation is indeed quite worrying.

The old man said a lot in one breath, followed by a cough. The sound of coughing also woke up Chen Zui, who had not yet come back to his senses, and Chen Zui patted the old man's back again. After the old man had relieved his breath and stopped coughing, Qin Su asked. "My Tianji is adjacent to Dazhao, and there is territory from west to north, but I don't know which army is fighting?"

"Due West, Northwest, and Due North armies attacked at the same time yesterday afternoon. The old man coughed a little, and was very tired, so he only gave a brief explanation.

"There is also a war in the Northwest?"

"What? Northwest?"

......

Qin Su and Chen Zui listened to the old man's words, and they couldn't believe it. Because, their husband and father are now stationed in the northwest, and they are the successors of the old prince, commanding hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Northwest Army.

In fact, as early as when the old man said that the war would start, when Chen Lin couldn't go home and reunite, the mother and son knew that the northwest must be fighting, but the hope that both of them were lucky was not like this. But the northwest is the middle road between Dazhao and Tianji, which can be said to be the most important, and the enemy army will definitely choose to fight here. Otherwise, it would not have been the old man himself stationed back then. But what he never expected was that Da Zhao would actually divide his troops into three ways to take Tianji.

Now, the war has started, I only hope that Chen Lin, who is far away on the border, can be safe, can continue the power of the old man, lead the Tianji men to repel the enemy army, and protect Tianji again.