After waiting for several days, King Shanyu did not wait for the high priest to return from the grotto.
So in a hurry, he had to ask military advisor Jin Buhuan to go to the grotto to inquire about the situation, but he found that Xiaohu had already followed his husband in the direction of the Great Wall through the wind and snow.
The fat monk did not tell Jin Buhuan that the two masters and disciples were going to the imperial city of Daqin. He only told Jin Buhuan that they were going to the Great Wall.
As for where he will go after leaving the Great Wall, that is beyond his control.
As for the high priest, the fat monk said that he had never seen it, because it was Li Xiuyuan who faced the high priest that night, and he just sat quietly in Buddhism and chanted sutras.
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Jin Buhuan asked in disbelief: "Is it possible that the high priest also died in the hands of sir?"
The fat monk thought for a while and replied quietly: "Perhaps you have thought about it from another angle. The high priest saw the hope of his ascension in the snowy night and wanted to cut off the world of mortals!"
Jin Buhuan lowered his head and thought for a while, then smiled bitterly and said, "That's true. If I were the high priest, I wouldn't want to stay in the royal city."
Back in the royal city, Jin Buhuan reported back to Shan Yu truthfully what the fat monk said.
When Shan Yu heard that the high priest had left quietly without saying goodbye, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Is he complaining that I have treated him badly, or does he think this royal city is too small?"
Jin Buhuan was silent for a moment, and could only smile bitterly and said: "It should be the high priest who heard about the great road in the snowy night and is going to find his way to eternal life, right?"
Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and Jin Buhuan is now afraid of saying the wrong thing.
Shanyu was stunned when he heard this, but he couldn't find anything wrong with Jin Buhuan's words. After all, the high priest didn't care about the affairs of the dynasty.
Is he leaving now just to find his own opportunity?
After much deliberation, Shan Yu was finally unwilling and said quietly: "Let the right general come to see me. The army has been resting for two years. It is time to move."
Jin Buhuan was secretly shocked when he heard this. He thought, "Is the King going to the Great Wall to mobilize troops again?"
What he was thinking in his heart, but he didn't want to show a trace of his expression, he surrendered immediately.
After leaving the Golden Palace, he sighed leisurely, thinking how could the master and apprentice wait at the Great Wall and let you lead the army to chase them?
In Prince Village under the Great Wall.
Ever since Prince Su brought two Mongolian generals to the border, building the Great Wall and fighting several battles with the Huns, the Xiongnu King Shanyu led his army back into the desert.
Although there have been small groups of enemies invading in the past two years, they cannot shake the foundation of the border.
In this way, Prince Su allowed the army to rest in the winter, waiting for the snow to melt in spring before continuing the huge unfinished project.
When not in the military camp, Prince Su would return to his house in Prince Village to accompany his wife.
Winter is long, and the wind is everywhere and cannot go anywhere.
Miss Xiangfu felt a little depressed these days. She looked at Master Su and asked, "Husband, you said that Shopkeeper Li has been out of the Great Wall for so long and why hasn't he come back? It's almost the beginning of spring."
The long winters were boring, and when Prince Su was away, Meng Jiang would come over to teach her how to practice swordsmanship.
The two girls spent a whole winter practicing hard, and even the weak Miss Xiangfu picked up the sword with some momentum.
Meng Jiang even secretly told her that when his elder brother comes back, he will help her temper her body and gather her Qi, and then embark on the true path of cultivation, just like the two General Meng.
Therefore, Miss Xiangfu hopes that the wine shopkeeper will come back soon so that she can be like Young Master Su and no longer a weak woman who needs protection from others.
Young Master Su said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Li is not under my control, not even the master of the academy can control him."
"Why?" Miss Xiangfu asked with a frown.
After sighing, Young Master Su quietly replied: "Because he is a businessman. He can sell wine in the imperial city and travel around the six countries. Even the father can't control him."
Miss Xiangfu said angrily: "That's right. When we came all the way, he ignored even the government officials." Young Master Su hesitated for a moment and said, "Just wait, he should be back after the beginning of spring. ."
At this time, he thought of the master in the imperial city, and of the shopkeeper's younger brother, Xiao Hei. With Xiao Hei here, this older brother had to go home and see him, right?
Miss Xiangfu sighed and said carefully: "When shopkeeper Li comes back, your husband will have to think of asking him all the questions you have."
With Meng Jiang by her side, Miss Xiangchu doesn't want to return to the imperial city yet.
But she also knew some of the bad things going on in her imperial city, and was worried about her husband. She even thought that instead of living in fear in the imperial city, she might as well settle down and live a leisurely life at the border.
At least becoming a monk like Meng Jiang was her dream for many years to come.
Young Master Su laughed and replied calmly: "Waiting for him to come back and having a few bowls of wine first is the serious thing to do."
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The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hooves, and there is laughter and joy along the way.
Xiaohu put on the clothes that Li Xiuyuan brought from Huangquan Village, the three Yan girls also put on the Central Plains clothes that had been prepared long ago, and even the driver of the carriage also changed into a blue dress.
Outside Prince Village, Li Xiuyuan jumped off the carriage and rewarded the coachman in Yuezhi City so that he could rush back to his homeland.
The coachman collected the money, whipped his whip, and hurried back to the imperial city in the spring breeze. After this trip, he could rest for two years.
The green buds on the tips of the willow trees have just sprouted, and it seems that spring in Prince Village will take some time.
Meng Jiang, who had gone out early with a vegetable basket, looked at his elder brother standing outside the yard and screamed.
"The lady in the prime minister's house talks about eldest brother every day, but she didn't expect that eldest brother would really come back in the spring." Meng Jiang greeted the group into the courtyard and shouted, "Madam, my eldest brother is back."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while, looked at her and said, "Call the lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion here later. I have a lot of people, so I'll give a few of them to live in her house for a while."
The old couple walked out of the living room and looked at Li Xiuyuan, Xiaohu, and Yan Shi and said with a smile: "This is..."
Only then did Meng Jiang react. He stepped forward and looked at Li Xiuyuan who had taken off his cloak and asked, "You are really my eldest brother. Why have you changed your appearance?"
Li Xiuyuan first exchanged hands with the old man and replied calmly: "I am a Buddhist practitioner. It is not surprising that I have found some ways to maintain health from Buddhism."
Then he took Xiaohu's hand and pointed at the two old people and said, "Call grandparents, this is my apprentice Xiaohu, and this is Xiaohu's mother... We still have to disturb them for a few days."
Only then did Meng Jiang suddenly realize. He took Li Xiuyuan's hand and said with a smile, "Brother, I'm afraid you will scare His Highness and the prime minister's sister."
"Go and call them. Let's have a drink at noon."
Li Xiuyuan said to Mr. Yan, "Let the driver and these two go with my sister. The place is spacious and I'm afraid we won't be able to squeeze in here."
Mrs. Yan waved her hand and explained to the two maids and the driver, asking the three of them to follow Meng Jiang and drive the carriage to Miss Xiangfu's house.
When Li Xiuyuan pulled Xiaohu into the living room, they were sitting down to boil water and make tea. The two old people were about to cook, but Li Xiuyuan grabbed them.
He smiled and said, "I'll let my sister do it later. I guess His Highness's wife will come over with some food."
With Young Master Su here, there is no need for him to take care of the food and accommodation of the mother and son.
The old man looked at Xiaohu and said with a smile: "Now is the time when the harvest is slow, and there is nothing delicious in this village. There are only some red dates picked last autumn."
After saying that, the old woman brought a plate of jujubes over, touched Xiaohu's head and said, "This baby looks energetic. No wonder the master will accept you as his apprentice."
Mrs. Yan looked at the two old men and smiled sheepishly: "On the contrary, we two have caused trouble for the old men."
The old woman smiled and waved her hand and said: "This person is so lively and nice. My room has not been so lively in many years."
Xiaohu reached out and picked up two jujubes, handing one to his mother and the other to Li Xiuyuan.
He picked one up and held it in his hand. He thought about it and asked, "Sir, what should we do next?"
In his opinion, he could rest in this village for a few days at most before heading to the imperial city of Da Qin.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the vast and desolate mountains outside the living room, thought for a moment and then said: "Look at the situation, will King Shanyu be unwilling to lead an army to attack the border..."
I took Xiaohu away, and the high priest suddenly disappeared, so I thought I would go to the grotto to find out what happened.
And Chan Yu first lost the high priest, and then heard that his son was taken away by him in the desert. Will he get angry and lead his army to the Great Wall?
Young Master Su is still here. Naturally, he cannot leave rashly. He has to see what happens in the final battle.
Even if he cannot take action to change the situation of the battle, it does not affect his ability to make plans.
Whether it was Young Master Su and his wife, or Meng Jiang and others, he had not yet arranged the future of these people, so how could he wave away like this?
Xiaohu seemed to understand what the gentleman meant.
He turned to look at Yanshi and asked in confusion: "Didn't Shanyu lose the battle? Will he come again if he can't win? Is he crazy?"
He doesn't have a good impression of his father, Xiaohu.
He died in the Yuezhi Dynasty just shy of his mother. All of this was Touman Shanyu's attempt to please that woman.
Although Xiaohu was young, he secretly remembered these things in his heart. It was God's will that he could leave the Yuezhi Dynasty alive, in the eyes of mother and son.
Therefore, even if Chanyu wanted to lead an army to attack the Great Wall, Yanshi and Xiaohu would not be moved.
Mrs. Yan looked at her son and replied quietly: "Because he lost the battle and was unwilling to do so, he thought of fighting again after spring."
Xiaohu was stunned, he didn't expect this matter to be so complicated.
He couldn't help but look at Li Xiuyuan scratching his head and said, "Sir, will you go up to fight?"
Li Xiuyuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "I will not help any party, but I will not leave with peace of mind until this battle is over."
Hearing this, Mrs. Yan couldn't help but be slightly surprised, thinking that Mr. Yan was indeed not simple.
There were only two old men, and they said sadly: "Sir, once the war starts here, I'm afraid there will be more casualties. Will the army abandon this place?"
The old man's thoughts were different from Yan's and Xiaohu's. They only cared about whether their own men would be trampled under the iron hoofs of the Huns army again.
Li Xiuyuan poured the freshly brewed tea from Fengshou into a cup and said to the two old people: "With me here, even if the sky falls, you don't have to be afraid."
Upon hearing this, Xiaohu clenched his fists and stood up.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he frowned and said, "Xiaohu is with your husband, and he will never leave no matter what happens."
Li Xiuyuan laughed when he heard this, looked at the mother and son and said, "I came here today because I was afraid of a war. Your way is to the academy in the imperial city. It is not your turn to worry about things here."
"That's it, thank you for your hard work, sir." Mrs. Yan sighed and said quietly.
In heaven and on earth, even if their mother and son burned incense for several lifetimes, they could not ask their husband to personally teach their son to embark on the path of spiritual practice.
Even if the Xiongnu Dynasty is flooded, what does it matter to their mother and son?
While he was talking, Gong Su's voice came from outside the yard: "Sir, I'm here, I'm coming."
After a while, Meng Jiang came in with the lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion.
After Li Xiuyuan bowed Yingying, Miss Xiangfu did not shy away from suspicion and said with a blushing face: "I have been looking forward to it all winter... Please teach me how to practice..."
Li Xiuyuan thought about the dull and boring days when Miss Xiangfu came to Border Pass, and couldn't help but shake his head.
Said: "You have to ask your husband about this. After all, you are husband and wife."
Young Master Su Haha said with a smile: "I have been waiting for you all winter, sir. Now I just want to have a few glasses of wine with you and talk about Qing'er's cultivation."
