After staying in the Royal Court of the Shanyu in Hedong for several days, Cui Yan still had no chance to have direct contact with Cai Yan. Therefore, he always put pressure on Hu Chuquan intentionally or unintentionally during the talks and banquets with him, which made Hu Chuquan unable to move forward and retreat.

As the position of the Huns, it is certain that Hu Chuquan did not want to let Cai Yan go, but Cao Cao had already unified Hebei at this time and he had no capital to oppose him. In desperation, Hu Chuquan had to mention this matter to Cai Yan himself:

"Cui Yan is too forced to take you back now. I wonder what my sister-in-law's plan is?"

Cai Yan, wearing a fox fur, listened quietly to Hu Chuquan's words, while gently patting the back of the youngest son Liu Bao who was sleeping on his knees. After Hu Chuquan finished speaking, Cai Yan responded calmly: "When I was kidnapped by your brother, I begged him to let me go back. You didn't listen. Now Shanyu, are you asking for my opinion?"

"If there was no retreat, Huchuquan would not have been like this."

Obviously Hu Chuquan could no longer bear the pressure from Cao Cao. When he came to ask Cai Yan, he just wanted to use her own wishes to stop Cui Yan from pressing step by step. However, Cai Yan had already seen through his thoughts and expressed his refusal to express his opinion on the spot. He obeyed Hu Chuquan's arrangements and threw the hot potato back again.

On the other hand, Cui Yan saw that Hu Chuquan had begun to shake, so he began to make the next plan...

During the next day's banquet, Cui Yan said to Hu Chuquan:

"I stay here for several days and need to report to Lord Sikong, so I will return to Yecheng soon."

He was already full of joy after hearing this sentence. He thought Cui Yan had lost his patience after many times of coercion, so he couldn't sit still and go back. However, he thought things too simply.

When Cui Yan and others went back to pack their luggage and prepare to leave, Hu Chuquan received the emergency military newspaper in front of him:

Zhong Yao had ordered the gathering of 30,000 Han troops from Hedong to complete the division and encirclement of several main military strongholds in Huchuquan, cutting off all contacts between the Xiongnu royal court and the outside world, and completely cut off the supply of food, grass and supplies for various Xiongnu divisions.

Hu Chuquan, who received this news, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He immediately went to Cui Yan to question it.

However, Cui Yan, who was packing his luggage, looked completely unaware of it:

"Well? The Han army surrounded your troops? This is impossible? If the court intends to start a war against you, one will not let me come here to show your kindness to you, and the other will not be besieged for so many days without attacking, right?"

After saying that, Cui Yan still lowered his head and packed his clothes. Hu Chuquan was angry and annoyed. He pulled off the clothes from Cui Yan's hand and threw them on the ground: "Even if the Han army showed no sign of attack, you cut off the contact and supply of my troops. In a while, I'm afraid that my soldiers would either starve to death or go out to break through the siege and die in battle!"

Cui Yan seemed very calm. He bent down and picked up the clothes on the ground and patted the dust on it, sighed helplessly:

"King, I, Cui Yan, is a literati and have no right to dispatch troops. Even if you complain to me, it's useless. I don't know what Zhong Yao wants to do. At this time, he actually took such a reckless military action. Maybe it was the old subordinates of the high-ranking officials who were in chaos in Hedong and he sent troops to quell the rebellion. You don't need to be too nervous. Maybe in ten days and half a month, they will withdraw their troops."

As he said that, Cui Yan gently patted Hu Chuquan on the shoulder: "Or can I write to Lord Sikong and ask him to stop Zhong Yao's behavior. It will take about three or four months to go back and forth. Do you think this is appropriate?"

No matter how stupid Hu Chuquan was, he knew that it was clearly Cui Yan who was so busy that he stomped his feet:

"Don't talk about replying, before the adult's letter was delivered to Yecheng, my tens of thousands of soldiers might have to eat herbs and dried fruits!"

Speaking of this, I was already aware of the double rebellion. Hu Chuquan gritted his teeth and said to Cui Yan:

"Okay, I agree to let Cai Yan go back with the Lord, but there is a saying that the son Liu Bao, whom she gave birth to is the future Chanyu of my Huns, so he cannot go back with you."

Cao Cao's original intention was very clear, that is, as long as Cai Yan was pondering for a moment, Cui Yan agreed to Hu Chuquan's request: "Okay, the king is really a straightforward and open-minded person, Cui Yan admires him."

At this time, Hu Chuquan was already amused and crying. Facing Cui Yan's bow, he replied with a wry smile:

"Sir, you don't need such a false polite manner. You should ask the Han army to withdraw quickly."

After Hu Chuquan left, Cui Yan smiled and said to himself:

"You don't want a large amount of real money and silver. You have to ask the army to put you in the face of the enemy..."

The tug-of-war lasted more than a month and ended with Cui Yan's victory. Cai Yan, who changed into Hanfu, finally returned to Han after being trapped in the Huns for several years. When she saw the formation of soldiers standing on both sides and the scene of the Han official led by Cui Yan standing in front of the chariot waiting, she couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.

Before leaving, Cai Yan took out a brocade bag from his sleeve bag and handed it to the young Liu Bao. He squatted down and stroked his head and said, saying reluctantly:

"Child, my mother is going to go back to her hometown. I will leave this thing for you. If you miss my mother, take it out and take it out."

The young Liu Bao naturally refused to let his mother leave. He hugged Cai Yan and cried and refused to let her go.

Hu Chuquan was worried that Cai Yan would take Liu Bao away with him with emotion, so he quickly stepped forward and pulled Liu Bao back.

Finally, Cai Yan stepped on the chariot specially prepared by Cao Cao for him, and followed Liu Bao's tears in his eyes and walked eastward with the convoy.

Cui Yan, who was riding a horse next to the chariot, could see Cai Yan's sadness at this moment, so he took out a brocade parfait from his sleeve and handed it over.

Cai Yan, who took the golden plaque, fell into a daze when she saw this golden plaque. She immediately covered the golden plaque in her chest and tears could not be stopped. At this time, she knew that the reason why Cao Cao wanted to welcome her back to Han territory at all costs was definitely not as simple as Cui Yan said before.

She held back the bitterness of her nose and stopped crying. She raised her head and asked Cui Yan in a choked voice:

"Sir, may I ask Guo Jia... Guo Fengxiao... he... has he played under Lord Sikong now?"

When she heard her ask herself this, Cui Yan couldn't answer for a while. Cai Yan knew that the answer she was about to get didn't seem to be in a positive direction, but she still asked again with a lucky mentality:

"he..."

Before she could finish her words, Cui Yan revealed a result that she couldn't accept for a while:

"Mr. Fengxiao... on his way back after his expedition to Wuhuan... Unfortunately, he died of illness..."

The brocade hand in Cai Yan's hand slid down to the edge of her legs in an instant. She couldn't believe it was true, but the iron-like fact forced her to face this huge blow. At this time, she seemed particularly calm because of the sadness that exceeded her limit.

During the next few days, Cai Yan didn't say a word.

Arriving in Yecheng as scheduled, out of respect for Cai Yong and Guo Jia's promise, Cao Cao took care of Cai Yan in high standards. When asked what Cai Yan had any other requests, Cai Yan begged Cao Cao to allow her to worship in front of Guo Jia's tomb, and Cao Cao's consent was obtained.

Standing in front of Guo Jia's tombstone, Cai Yan, who was dressed in plain clothes but without losing his ethereal temperament, stared at every word on the tombstone like a statue. It took a long time before she took out the incense burner and lit it, and bowed deeply to Guo Jia's tombstone three times, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

She stretched out her hand to touch Guo Jia's name and said emotionally to him:

"Since you have tried your best to bring me back, why don't you wait for me?"

As she said that, her tears flowed down her cheeks involuntarily:

"I know you must have worked very hard during this period. It's because I was too cruel to you at the beginning..."

Just as she was trapped in infinite melancholy and memories, the sudden sound from beside her broke the atmosphere:

"Brother Fengxiao once said that you made such a decision in order not to implicate him, so he never blamed you."

When he turned around, Cai Yan was surprised to find that Zhang Ning, who was also wearing plain clothes, was standing not far away with him carrying a food box. At first, Cai Yan didn't know Zhang Ning's identity and hurriedly wiped the tears from his cheeks.

However, Zhang Ning knew everything about Cai Yan. She smiled and walked over, gently placed the food box next to the sacrificial furnace, and then introduced herself to Cai Yan and said, "It seems that you must be Cai Yan's sister. I am Brother Fengxiao's wife, Zhang Ning."

After she said this, Cai Yan remembered that Xun Yu had told him about this before leaving, so he let go of his vigilance. After the two saluted each other, Cai Yan said to Zhang Ning:

"Did Fengxiao tell you about the matter between me and him?"

Zhang Ning squatted down while putting out the food in the food box, and answered Cai Yan:

"Well, to be honest, I envy you very much. I can let Brother Fengxiao love you all his life. Even after I married him, his love for you has not changed at all. The brocade you gave him before was always kept close to you."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ning looked at the brocade handkerchief in Cai Yan's hand: "It seems that the thing has returned to the original owner."

Seeing Zhang Ning being so sensible and kind, Cai Yan felt relieved in his heart, and turned around and looked at Guo Jia's tombstone and smiled:

"It was his misfortune to meet me in his life, but it was his luckiest thing to meet you."

After everything was ready, Zhang Ning also stood up and said to Cai Yan: "What are the plans for my sister next?"

Cai Yan replied:

"Cao Cao has promised me to Dong Si as his wife. I will leave here in the next two days and return to Chenliu's ancestral home with him."

At the invitation of Zhang Ning, Cai Yan followed her back home to visit her and Guo Jia's children.

When they arrived at Guo's house, they were shocked to find a lot of blood at the door. Zhang Ning was panicked and quickly pushed open the door and walked in. The bloody smell emitted from the courtyard was difficult to adapt. After searching all over the whole family, Zhang Ning did not find his own pair of children, and other than that, they were all corpses lying on the ground.

Just as Zhang Ning was about to collapse because of this, Xun Li walked in from outside the gate with Guo Yi in her arms. When she saw the tragic situation in the courtyard, she couldn't help but be stunned. At this moment, Zhang Ning, who was about to go crazy, saw Xun Li and Guo Yi who was safe and sound. She immediately ran over and hugged Guo Yi in her arms and asked Xun Li randomly:

"How did you go out with Yi'er? What happened at home?"

Xun Li was obviously confused at this time, and she replied:

"You said you were going to worship Mr. Guo Jia, so you asked me and the old woman to take care of the child. Later, Yi'er felt a little uncomfortable, so I took him to see the doctor. This turned out like this after I came back."

As a bystander, Cai Yan immediately reacted: "Mrs. Guo, don't you still have a son?"

Zhang Ning, who reacted almost at the same time, fell into a huge panic again, and Xun Li felt incredible:

"What's going on? Didn't Mr. Fengxiao ask General Cao Zhen to protect you during his lifetime?"

At this time, Cao Zhen was unable to refuse the banquet held by Cao Hong when he was rewarded and returned to Xudu, so he had to stay at Cao Hong's mansion as a guest.

During the meal, he felt that the atmosphere was not right several times and wanted to leave early to visit Guo Jia's residence, but Cao Hong's wife kept urging him to drink for various reasons, which made him unable to get out.

He didn't know at this time that his eyeliner deployed near Guo Jia's residence had been removed.

When he received the information that Guo Zhai was baptized, Cao Zhen rushed to Guo Zhai in a hurry. When he learned that Guo Jia's second son Guo Wei was missing, Cao Zhen quickly sent people to investigate.

While comforting Zhang Ning with Xun Li, Cai Yan realized that all this seemed to be wrong, as if he had planned it long ago.

At the same time, the old woman who ran away with Guo Wei in her arms encountered the pursuit of the man in black in the mountains. She was seriously injured and knew that she was not far away. If she continued like this, both of them would die. So after thinking about it, she placed Guo Wei under a pine tree, endured the severe pain and tears, and said to Guo Wei who was sleeping:

"Be good to Wei'er, don't make any sounds you hear later, do you know?"

After saying that, the old woman picked up the quilt that was originally wrapped in Guo Wei, pretending to embrace the child, and ran in the opposite direction.

Finally, when she ran to the cliff, she resolutely jumped down the mountain with a sharp sword behind her. The man in black quickly walked to the edge of the cliff, looked at the bottomless river and heard the sound of heavy objects falling into the water. After confirming that such a height would not leave a living mouth, he turned around and left quickly.

The next day, a small group of people marched west along the water. The general led the army found that the sky was originally clear and clear, and suddenly it was covered with dark clouds. He said to the follower behind him: "It may be raining, so let's go to Tianshui quickly."

At this moment, a colorful light suddenly shot out from the tumultuous dark clouds in the sky. Then the general led was surprised to find a colorful unicorn whizzing down from the sky and heading straight to the hillside next door.

After seeing this vision, the general was attracted to it unknowingly. Until they pushed the bushes away and saw the baby under the pine trees, they were surprised to find that although there were many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the bushes, they did not dare to approach the baby at all. Instead, they formed a circle as if they were protecting him again, and did not disperse after they arrived.

After picking up the baby, the general felt that he had a fate with him, so he said to the follower behind him:

"Mrs. I haven't made any appearance for many years. Today, it's my luck to me."

Cao Zhen sent someone to search near Xudu for five days and five nights, but there was still no news.

In the end, Zhang Ning had to face the helpless result of losing a son. Due to the huge sadness over the past few days, her mind began to become blurred. Xun Li had no choice but to take her and Guo Yi back to Xun Yu's home to take care of her.
Chapter completed!