On the way back to Liangzhou from Jiyang, the few people were not as energetic as they did when they came. It must be because they had just experienced fierce battles and everyone was a little tired. Cui Jiao and Hong Qiao, Lin Shuanghe also returned the contract to them, leaving a sum of money to their parents, and taught them not to sell their children in the future. Before leaving, in order to avoid the parents' disobedience, they even brought up Cui Yuezhi's name.

The two little girls were reluctant to leave. After all, they were not met every day by the master who was easy to serve and did not beat and scold the servants. Sometimes it is much easier to be a maid with such a kind-hearted lady than to struggle in a difficult world.

When we left Liangzhou Wei, the Liangzhou Wei had not yet reached spring. Now we have been delayed on the road. By the time we go back, it is already early summer.

He Yan had already changed back to men's clothing. When he was on the road, it was more convenient to wear men's clothing. Lin Shuanghe also shook the fan from time to time and sighed: "It's a waste for my sister He to dress up as a man in this way."

He Yan just pretended that he was talking nonsense.

On the second day of the fifth month, Xiao Jue and He Yan arrived at Liangzhou Guard.

At the foot of Baiyue Mountain, the sound of the soldiers' training came from afar. He Yan jumped out of the carriage and looked at the direction of Wulu River and the martial arts field, and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity coming to his face. After all, she was staying in Liangzhou Guard, and she had been doing everything in pieces for up to one year, but she seemed to have been completely used to the life here. As soon as she arrived here, she was like a tired bird and returned to the forest, and she couldn't say anything about peace of mind.

Shen Han, who had already received the news, had arrived and helped everyone unload the goods from the carriage. Seeing that He Yan and Xiao Jue were safe and sound, he felt relieved. It had been a long time since they received the military affairs on the other side of Jiyang. He also knew that it was the 20,000 Jiyang City Army who had 150,000 Ukus, and thought it was a fear. He was only worried about whether the few people were injured in the fierce battle. Now it seems that the few people are all jumping around, and it is safe.

"The governor is tired from rushing to the road, so go back to the house to rest for a while." Shen Han said: "The house has been cleaned."

Xiao Jue nodded, and as he was talking, another carriage arrived and stopped behind them. The curtain of the carriage was lifted up. Ying Xiang helped Chu Zhao get out of the carriage.

Shen Han was stunned: "This..."

"The Fourth Master Chu stays at Liangzhou Guards for the time being." Xiao Jue's voice was plain: "Find him a room." He looked at Chu Zhao sideways and mocked his tone, "The conditions in the Wei Institute are difficult, and the Fourth Master Chu Guard Haihan."

Chu Zhao bowed and thanked: "I dare not, Zilan is very grateful."

Xiao Jue was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he turned around and left first. He Yan also hurriedly followed.

Cheng Lisu is no longer in Liangzhou Guard. Logically speaking, the house where Cheng Lisu originally lived should have returned to the original owner. However, Xiao Jue seems to have forgotten about this matter, and living here, it is indeed much more convenient for her to take a bath and wash up than to live in a bed with everyone before. Since Xiao Jue did not mention it, He Yan pretended not to know and carried the luggage bag back to Cheng Lisu's house, next door to Xiao Jue.

Shen Han came in again, holding the military book in his hand, and said, "This is the daily training content of these days. All subordinates have sorted it out. The governor has rested and then slowly looked at it. After the governor came back, the soldiers of the Southern Palace were still handed over to the governor for training. In the past few months, the Liangzhou Guard's military formation has begun to show results."

Xiao Jue took the military book from his hand and flipped it a few times. Shen Han turned his head and looked at the next door behind the middle door in the room. He Yan was sitting on the bed with a bun in front of him, as if he was sorting out the things he brought back from Jiyang. At a rough look, there were quite a lot of things, including food, clothing, and gadgets, which collapsed.

Looking at Xiao Jue again, there was no intention of stopping him. Chen Han fell into deep thought. You should know that the second young master Xiao was most concerned about being clean, so even after he left, the house had to be cleaned every day. All these men in the army were just there. The instructors who were in contact with Xiao Jue did not dare to make random rashes in front of Xiao Jue. At least they were sitting and standing, and they were not as casual as He Yan.

But Xiao Jue didn't stop him. Could it be that the relationship between them made progress after going to Jiyang?

He was just thinking about it, but he didn't notice Xiao Jue calling his name. Seeing that he was not moving, Xiao Jue looked up and followed his gaze. Seeing Chen Han staring at He Yan sitting on the collapse to sort out his bags, he frowned and called him: "Chen Han."

Chen Han was shocked and came back to his senses, saying, "Governor!"

"I want to write a memorial. Please find a few people to stare at Chu Zilan." He said: "If you have any abnormal movement, tell me immediately."

Chen Han nodded and left.

After Chen Han left, He Yan lay down and rolled on the collapse. Xiao Jue frowned unhappily: "Are you a dog?"

"After rushing for so long, I've been surging around the carriage every day, I can finally have a good sleep." He Yan grabbed the dried fruit in the bag and put it in the palm of his hand: "Governor, this is given to me by Aunt Cui. Do you want to give me one?"

Xiao Jue: "No."

"It's all my heart, and you don't have to be so ruthless." He Yan found a clean handkerchief to wrap the dried fruits, "I'll turn around and put it on your table."

Xiao Jue didn't look back and flipped through the military list that Chen Han had just sent. He Yan thought to himself that being a general also has the difficulties of being a general, and being a soldier also has the benefits of being a soldier. For example, now, she can roll on the bed, but Xiao Jue has to deal with a pile of business.

He Yan looked at Xiao Jue's back and suddenly thought of something, and asked Xiao Jue: "Governor, there is something I have always wanted to ask you."

Xiao Jue: "Say."

He Yan hesitated for a moment, "Do you still remember the day when Uttor attacked the city when we were in Jiyang City. I set fire with you and should have swam to the shore, but I choked on the water. Did you... drag me up?"

She actually didn't say anything. In a daze, it seemed that someone had relieved her from being angry. She couldn't open her eyes under the water, but she felt that the person was Xiao Jue. But it was too incredible to say this. First, is Xiao Jue a person who relieved her from being angry like this? It must be not. Second, she actually had such a dream. When she said it, others would laugh at her for thinking about these inexplicable things at the critical moment of life and death.

Xiao Jue's eyes moved slightly, he paused and said, "Yes."

Although it was a little difficult to speak of, He Yan bravely asked: "Governor, what else do you do besides dragging me to the shore?"

Xiao Jue: "No."

He Yan was stunned: "No?"

He turned his head and slowly curled the corners of his lips, and said with a smile: "Then, what did I do to you?"

He Yan couldn't answer this.

She yelled and said, "No, I just asked casually." She said in her heart. It turned out that she had a dream, but fortunately she didn't say it directly, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

Xiao Jue went to look at the military book in front of him again, but his eyes slightly roared. He glanced at the girl sitting on the bed and continued to sort out his bags. After a moment, he uneasyly withdrew his gaze.

Nothing said anything else.

...

After sorting out all the luggage in the house, she looked at the sky and guessed that the training ground today's daily training ground was about to end, He Yan went out to walk to the martial arts ground. From tomorrow, she would also resume daily training, but today, she could chat with her brothers who had not seen for a long time.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the martial arts stadium, the Rising Soldiers dispersed. I heard Xiaomai's voice from afar: "It's Brother Ahe, Brother Ahe is back!"

"Hula" and everyone suddenly surrounded him. Those who knew each other but didn't know each other, He Yan is now famous in Liangzhou Guards. Xiaomai was squeezed aside, and He Yan pulled him to stand. Xiaomai said, "Brother Ahe, when did you come back, don't say anything? I heard from the coaches that you and the governor won another battle in Jiyang. Brother Ahe, you are so awesome!"

This matter has spread so quickly? He Yan was still puzzled, and someone said, "I heard that there are only 20,000 troops in Jiyang City, and those utopian soldiers have 150,000. Brother He, tell us, how did you win?"

"Yes, talk to the brothers!"

He Yan felt that every time she did something she returned to Liangzhou Guard, she became a storyteller and told stories to everyone. However, she was surrounded in the center and could not move forward and retreat, so she had to sit nearby on the railing of the martial arts field and stretched out her hand and said, "Everyone, calm down, quiet, this matter is long, let me drink a sip of water."

Immediately someone handed over the water from the skin pot: "I have it! Drink mine!"

"Do you want something more? Dried biscuits?"

"Okay, OK, then I'll say that this battle is not difficult to fight, it's all up to the command of the governor. Jiyang is a water city..."

Liang Ping looked at He Yan who was surrounded by everyone from afar, and for a moment he was speechless, saying, "This kid is so popular in Liangzhou Wei now? What's going on with a shout at him?"

Ma Damei smiled mysteriously and said, "This is a good thing."

“What’s the good thing?”

"He Yan is going to Jiyang with the governor," Ma Damei stroked her beard, "When she came back, she rode in the same carriage, which shows that she was quite happy to get along. Since she went to Jiyang with the governor, she had fought side by side, do you think that when you report to him this time, will you mention him?"

"At least he has a small contribution. This young man himself has a very good skill and a bright and cheerful temperament. As long as he follows the governor, it is inevitable to go up. I think his future will definitely not be limited to our Liangzhou Guard. Brother, it is not a bad thing for Liangzhou Guard to establish a good relationship with him." Ma Damei smiled and patted his shoulder, "You have to look at the long term."

"He is only in his teenage years old." Liang Ping muttered, "Why is it so powerful?"

Ma Damei smiled but said nothing.

On the other side, the people who were listening to He Yan’s storytelling made a marvelous voice.

"It turned out to be a fire attack!"

"This is too dangerous. What if there was no gust of wind? Wouldn't you just sit and wait for death?"

He Yan laughed: "Without the wind, you will have to fight to the end. But war is complicated, and there is no absolute victory over the weak with the strong. As long as the time and place are right, it is not difficult to win with the few. Therefore, in every battle, you should not have the heart to lose or win. On the battlefield, there will be changes in a flash, and the outcome will be unknown until the last moment."

Everyone nodded in a vague way.

After listening to the lively crowd, the crowd gradually dissipated. The remaining few were naturally Hongshan and the others. Wang Ba looked at He Yan with his chest, and he couldn't stand her appearance very much, "I was in the limelight as soon as I came back, and the peacock was not as proud as you."

"Then I have to have the ability to show off." He Yan jumped off the railing, "Long time no see, friends."

He spent some time in the forward camp, and the Japanese training was much harder than in the ordinary camp. Shitou, Jiang Jiao and Wang Ba Huang Xiong both looked a little darker and thinner than before. But his spirit was better than before. Jiang Jiao asked: "I didn't expect you to win such a battle in Jiyang. Ahe, you really have it."

"It's not my beating." He Yan declined modestly, "It's better for the governor to command."

"How is it? This time I have made a contribution. Can I go up one step?" Huang Xiong has been considering it very practically.

"I don't know whether it's promoted or not, but the governor agreed to me and turned around and let me enter the southern palace soldiers." He Yan said: "I'm already very satisfied with this alone."

"Really?" Hong Shan's excited voice changed, "Ahe, you got what you want!"

Several people congratulated each other, but Shi Tou looked calm and asked He Yan: "Brother He, why did the Utuan suddenly attack Jiyang? Have you been to Liangzhou before?"

He Yan's smile gradually faded, and his expression became solemn. After a while, he spoke: "The Great Wei... may be going to fight."

Since the Utuner has opened his head, he will not give up easily. So many years of dormant is just for the current moment.

For a moment, everyone fell silent. War was not a thing to be happy for everyone to the people of the Great Wei Dynasty.

...

The lights in the room were faintly lit, and the young man at the table was still looking at the long scrolls in his hands. The mountains of military books were piled up together, and there were so many affairs in Liangzhou Guard that they could not be handled.

Someone knocked on the door outside.

Xiao Jue didn't raise his head and just said, "Enter."

Shen Muxue came in. She walked in carefully with a basket of food in her hand, put the basket on the small table aside, and whispered: "Governor, you have been watching for a long time, just eat something."

Xiao Jue responded, but had no intention of getting up. Shen Muxue sighed slightly.

When Xiao Jue came back, she was still staying up late in the clinic. In the season of spring and summer, the soldiers of Liangzhou Guards were most likely to be cold and hot. Halfway through the medicine, I heard that Xiao Jue was back, and she wanted to go and take a look, but she had to give up before she finished what she had to do.

In addition, this time he returned to Liangzhou from Jiyang, and the journey was even longer. I thought that Xiao Jue also needed more rest. But I didn’t expect that he was still reading the official documents so late.

But Xiao Jue has such a temperament. When she really knew him, it was like this and never changed.

"There are local products sent by Jiyang on the ground, so take some back." Xiao Jue said while reading the official documents: "There is no more piled up in the house."

Shen Muxue nodded, put the food basket in place, and sorted out the bags on the ground. The bags and wooden boxes were piled up. When it came to Jiyang, it was some of the fabrics, cakes, biscuits and fruits produced in Liangzhou Wei. There was indeed no food in Liangzhou Wei. Some foods can be put into daily meals, and the soldiers would be very happy.

The box on the top looks very delicate. The round wooden box is coated with paint on the top. After careful look, it carved into the picture on the Jiyang Water God Festival. When you open it, it is filled with ointment oil. When you put it under your nose, you can smell the faint fragrance of flowers.

This thing is not particularly expensive, but it is more exquisite and cute. Most girls like it. The ointment box made in Liangzhou is not as special as that made in Jiyang. The ointment oil inside is used to apply hands. If you soak it in water or make medicinal materials all day long, your skin will occasionally crack. Although Chen Muxue cherishes his skin very much and has prepared a lot of ointment oil, he is still very happy to see this.

She picked up the box, put it in the palm of her hand, looked at Xiao Jue, a little shy, hesitated for a moment, and then said softly: "Governor, thank you, I like this ointment very much."
To be continued...