Rebirth of a Star General

When He Yan returned to the mansion, the night was already deep.

He Yunsheng told her about Bai Rongwei's visit to the mansion. When He Yan heard that they had even calculated the auspicious day, he couldn't help but startled: "After the year?"

"Yes," He Yunsheng looked at her expression, "Do you think it's too rushed?"

"Not really," He Yan replied, "It's just that there have been a lot of affairs between the DPRK and China recently, and the Uto envoy has just arrived in the capital today. The next two months will be very busy. Where will Xiao Jue and I have time to prepare for marriage?"

He Yunsheng frowned: "Don't you think it's too fast?"

"It's okay." He Yan said, "Your Majesty bestowed the marriage, and sooner or later you have to get married. What does it matter?"

"It's your marriage anyway," He Yunsheng said with a headache: "Would you like some snacks?"

He Yan felt that there was no need to do this.

When she got married in the previous life, she also returned to the capital, and she and He Rufei exchanged identities and got married soon after. The time is very tight, but everything in the He family has already been arranged. From the dowry to the wedding dress, she has not thought about any snacks. I don't know if other women are like this when they get married, but in my memory, getting married is just changing from one family to another.

He Sui scolded He Yunsheng and said, "Your sister has a lot of heart, what are you thinking about!" He looked at He Yan and asked, "Yan Yan, when Grandma Xiao came over today, she said that the dowry was already ready. You have an official position again. After marrying the He family, you don’t have to settle for the morning and evening. It’s still the same as before. As for your dowry, Dad also saved some for you early. Of course, our family is not as good as the Xiao family, but , you don't have to be ashamed and annoyed by this. Our daughters marry, bring their own salary, and have them every month, isn't it better than a dowry?"

"However, there is one last thing," He Sui scratched her head, "You have been to Liangzhou for so long, and the wedding dress has never been embroidered. Now it's too late to embroider by hand... In Shuojing, there are There are several excellent embroiderers, which one do you like, my father will invite her to sew your wedding dress, and I should be able to make it in time."

"That shouldn't be cheap, right?" He Yan asked.

"When my daughter gets married, of course she wants the best." He Sui said indifferently, "Father has more money."

"I'm not short of money either." He Yan said, "I have my own opinion about the wedding dress, so don't worry about it."

"But……"

"My own marriage, of course I make the decision myself." He Yan stood up, "Did Dad even choose a wedding dress for his daughter?"

"That's not what I meant." He Sui hurriedly said, and when he saw He Yan's eyes, he was defeated again, "Forget it, it's fine if you think it's good, but when you choose the embroidered mother, you must tell Dad, Dad is going to invite you for it."

"Understood." He Yan looked outside: "It's not early, Dad, you and Yun Sheng should rest early as well."

After grooming, Qingmei came into the house to take the hot tub, and said, "If the auspicious day is set, the girl will get married as soon as the New Year is over. Why do you look at the girl and don't seem to be nervous?"

"Getting married is not a battle," He Yan laughed, "What's there to be nervous about?"

"The girl's heart is too big," Qingmei muttered, "What about the wedding dress? The girl never thought about what it would look like when she wore a wedding dress and married Dudu Xiao?"

He Yan was slightly startled.

When she married Xu Zhiheng in her previous life, the wedding dress that the He family prepared for her was actually gorgeous and exquisite. It's just that He Yan looked at Feng Guanxia in the mirror and felt a little uncomfortable. The scars under the delicate dress will always fall into the eyes of others, and what she has to accept is the unknown future of living in a strange mansion as a woman.

Even if he was looking forward to it, deep down at that time, he was actually filled with fear.

now……

She is not afraid of getting married anymore. Perhaps it was because Xiao Jue had promised her that even after marrying into the Xiao family, she would not have to sacrifice anything to be her true self.

Seeing that He Yan didn't speak, Qingmei thought that He Yan was finally shy, smiled comfortably, and went out with a hot tub. The sound of the door closing alarmed He Yan, she regained her senses, lay down on the slump, suddenly remembered something, and took out the black serpentine jade from her underwear.

Under the lights of the night, the black jade glowed with a cold and warm warmth. After giving this jade Xiao Jue to her, He Yan tied it around her waist for fear of falling off, so she found a rope to string it up and hung it around her neck as a necklace.

A beautiful wedding dress must cost a lot of money. He Sui and He Yunsheng have been stretched thin for her marriage. They don't know if they can take this jade to the embroidery workshop, can others see Xiao Jue's face and let her take credit?

However... the wedding dress was made on credit, if this matter spread, her own face would be nothing, and Xiao Jue's face would also be smeared.

Or not.

He Yan stuffed the jade pendant again and turned over.

Throughout the ages, getting married has really been a costly affair.

...

On the mountain at night, in the empty long hall, two giant wooden tigers crouched in front of the hall, quietly as if they were asleep.

A gray-feathered pigeon fluttered its wings and landed in front of the little table, blinking its black bean-like eyes, and pecking at the red wild fruits on the porcelain plate on the table. A slender hand reached out and took off the copper pipe that tied the pigeon to its leg.

After a while, with a "pop", the copper pipe fell to the ground, making a crisp sound. Someone yawned and said in a daze, "What's wrong?"

The person who spoke had a white and round face, and his eyes were squeezed by flesh, but it was not greasy and offensive, but rather funny and amiable. If He Yan was here, she would recognize that this person was the one she saw last time, Xiao Jue's master Lu Daichuan who was good at casting swords.

"Hey," Lu Daichuan was stunned when he saw the gray pigeon that was stealing food, "You have a letter, who is it?"

"Who else is there, your precious apprentice." The woman holding the letter turned around, revealing a charming face.

This woman is about thirty or forty years old, and her appearance is not glamorous, but the beauty between her eyebrows, her eyes are very charming, but her lips are very thin, appearing restrained and deserted. These contradictions were mixed together very well by her, and in the end, there was only an indescribable immortal spirit left. With such a face, he was dressed in sackcloth and sackcloth, and his hair was loosely tied with branches that were folded at will, like a legendary mountain ghost hiding in the mountains.

"Huaijin delivered the letter?" Lu Daichuan said unexpectedly, "Why did he suddenly come to deliver the letter?"

The beautiful woman sneered, "Of course he was sent to do things. Could it be that you thought he was here to say hello and honor us?"

"Of course I know he's a messenger." Lu Daichuan said with a smile: "What's the matter this time?"

"This guy is about to get married as soon as the New Year is over, and his noble lady is still missing a wedding dress, please let me embroider one for him." The beautiful woman was so angry that she said, "What kind of embroidery am I doing here? Fang? He sent me to support without mercy!"

"Oh, don't be angry." Lu Daichuan poured her a cup of tea, "After all, we are like girls, and we were also the most famous embroidered girls in the world back then."

Ruxing was not moved by his flattery, "You're so old, what's your name! Not to mention the embroidery girl, it's all so many years ago, it's hard for you to remember."

Lu Daichuan blinked, "Of course I remember, after you went up the mountain, how many people searched for your whereabouts, and there are still legends about you in Shuojing." I can't find anything better when I get into the ground, and that's why Huai Jin came to you for help."

"I've never seen any apprentice who is so handy in calling up the master." Ruxing glared at him, "In the beginning, among the few of us, you were the one who spoiled him the most, and now the stinky behavior of the dead boy is because you spoiled him. from!"

Lu Daichuan was very innocent. "The five of us are his masters together. Why do you say it's all caused by me. Besides, Ruxing, do you really think that I pampered him back then?"

Ruxing glanced at him and said nothing.

Of course not. When Xiao Jue went up the mountain, he was very young, and when he came down the mountain at the age of fourteen, he was just a teenager. But in the intervening dozen years, I'm afraid not one day is easy. Xiao Zhongwu knew very well that he would bear the future of the Xiao family in the future, and what a lonely and difficult road he took, and asked the five of them to teach and train Xiao Jue in the strictest way.

To endure what ordinary people can't bear, can you achieve what ordinary people can't. Everyone in the world says that Xiao Zhongwu is very lucky, the eldest young master has already been born so outstanding, and the second young master is even better. If it weren't for a colder temperament, it would be comparable to all the men in Dawei. However, no one knew what kind of life Xiao Jue lived in those years on the mountain.

That is by no means a pleasure.

Masters are all human, not real gods. They all have emotions and desires. Sometimes seeing little children is really pitiful, and it is inevitable that they will feel compassion, but they can't show it. In the long run, Xiao Jue's attachment to the masters is not too deep. Since he came down the mountain, apart from going up the mountain once a year as a rule, there is not much contact on weekdays.

Lu Daichuan understands very well, who can have a good look at a person who has been tortured, beaten, and scolded since he was a child, and he has thrown himself into the formation and locked himself up?

Xiao Jue didn't come back to take revenge, she was already very self-restrained.

"It's okay, it's okay," Lu Daichuan folded his hands together, "I was worried that he had stayed in the mountains for a long time, and his temperament was raised to be withdrawn and cold. Maybe he would be a bachelor all his life and die alone, but now I finally feel relieved. If this kid doesn’t marry because of our relationship, then it will be a big sin, but it’s okay, Amitabha.”

Ruxing gave him a white look: "How about that girl?"

Lu Daichuan: "How about what?"

"Didn't you see that girl," Ruxing asked impatiently, "That girl from the Shen family has chased the dead boy for so many years, but he hasn't seen the dead boy be tempted. She has a crush on this girl and even asked me to embroider her. Wedding dress. I want to know, what is so special about this girl?" She stroked her temples, "Is it beautiful?"

Lu Daichuan laughed twice, "He is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he is in full bloom. You have already stepped into the soil with half of your foot, how can you compare?"

"Have you not tasted being beaten for a long time?" Ruxing smiled.

"I'm joking," Lu Daichuan coughed lightly, "that girl looks pretty good to me, you should trust Huai Jin's vision."

"Men's vision has never been true." Ruxing dismissed it.

"You have to believe Jian's vision." Lu Daichuan smiled slightly, "Huai Jin's Yin Qiu Jian, I like her very much."

"what?"

"That day she came to help Huai Jin get the repaired Yin Qiujian. When the sword was in her hand, I could feel that Yin Qiujian liked her. I have been in the mountains for many years, and the swords I have seen are better than those I have seen. There are many people. Yinqiu follows the master, and Yinqiu likes Miss Xiaohe, so she must be good.”

After a long silence, Ru Xing said, "I'm not sure that sword has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his mind is not clear."

"It's boring for you to say that." Lu Daichuan said, "Do you know what you look like now? Like a bitter and mean mother-in-law who is dissatisfied with the bride entering the door."

"Who do you mean by evil mother-in-law?" Ru Xing looked at him with murderous aura.

"I said, you should take it easy." Lu Daichuan said, "Huaijin has a better eye than you and I. Since he likes Miss Xiaohe, we should support us as elders. As for Huaijin, Although you treat us a little coldly on weekdays, in fact, you also know that we have been safe and sound on the mountain for so many years, and there are no messy things to disturb, what is the reason."

Ruxing does not speak.

"Now that he can marry a wife and start a family, it is not in vain that General Xiao entrusted him to us." Lu Daichuan sighed.

The cool breeze in the hall reminded people of the night on the mountain back then, when the little boy practiced swordsmanship with a pretty face, and he grew up in a blink of an eye.

Ruxing was silent for a moment, then got up and walked out. Lu Daichuan stopped her: "Hey, where are you going?"

"Of course I'm going back!" Ru Xing gritted his teeth and said, "I'll help you embroider the wedding dress for your damn apprentice. The old lady really taught a debt collector, she managed to get out of the way and sent people down the mountain, but now she's coming back to marry a wife. trouble me!"

"The first embroidered mother in the Wei Dynasty," Lu Daichuan said with a smile behind him: "The embroidered wedding dress is of course the best in the world."

"That's natural," Ruxing's voice also contained a smile, "I hope that girl is worthy of my craftsmanship."

...

He Yan didn't know that Xiao Jue invited his master to embroider He Yan's wedding dress. Bai Rongwei asked someone to come over and say that Xiao Jue was already preparing her wedding dress. He Sui and He Yunsheng were still a little uncomfortable. How could a woman's bridesmaid prepare it, but He Yan felt that Xiao Jue was really caring and knew that she was not good at doing this kind of thing, so she took it all over and made her happy. easy.

The wedding date was finally set on the tenth day of the new year.

The Xiao family's wedding invitation has been sent out, and everyone in Shuojing knows it. He's family doesn't have that many relatives and friends, at most they are just a few friends He Sui made on the school captain field when he was still a school captain. He Sui felt that not many people came to watch the ceremony from her parents' family. She had been worried these days, but He Yan didn't think it was a big deal. Marriage is not to fight, where the more people the better.

Besides, she didn't want to be watched like a monkey.

The marriage was put aside by her for the time being, because there were more important things at the moment.

The messenger of Uto finally entered Beijing this winter.

On the first day of entering Beijing, Emperor Wen Xuan accepted the apology offered by them, as well as the wish for peace brought by the messenger Uto.

When He Yan heard the news, although he wasn't surprised, he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Emperor Wenxuan's heart is biased towards peace, which is not a good thing for her and Xiao Jue.

He Yunsheng sat in front of He Yan and asked her, "In three days, His Majesty will hold a banquet at the Tianxing Terrace. Those utuo people will definitely seize this opportunity to be disgusting. Can you bear it?"

"If you can't bear it, you have to bear it," He Yan smiled bitterly, "Your sister and my official position are not so big that even the will of Your Majesty can be ignored."

The banquet held at Tianxingtai was also to promote Wei Guowei and let those Uto people see clearly the richness and power of Wei. However, He Yan was a military general, and it was really unacceptable to stand with the enemy who slaughtered the people of the Great Wei Dynasty. I don't even want to see those despicable Uto people showing off their might in the Great Wei's territory.

"You said," He Yunsheng pondered for a while, "Will the emperor agree to their opening a restaurant in Dawei?"

Now that Manshuo Kyoto has spread, it is no secret that He Yunsheng knows it, and He Yan will occasionally tell He Yunsheng about the current situation in the court. In her opinion, He Yunsheng will most likely be an official in the future, whether in literature or in martial arts. Let him understand these things early, it is beneficial and harmless.

He Yan shook his head: "I don't know."

She also asked Xiao Jue this sentence, Xiao Jue only said that Emperor Wenxuan did not agree for the time being, but what will happen in the future is still unknown.

"Hey," He Yunsheng sighed deeply, "Those Uto people killed so many people in Dawei, if they were to be welcomed into the door to do business, what would the dead people think? What do the soldiers think? Really..." He wanted to say a few words, but after all, that person was the Son of Heaven, so he couldn't let him talk, so he had to swallow the words that came out of his mouth, but in his eyes, he was a little disappointed.

He Yunsheng was not the only one disappointed.

He Yan knew very well that Emperor Wenxuan agreed to the Uto people's request for peace at this juncture, and slapped Xiao Jue in the face from another aspect. What about General Feng Yun? No matter how heroic and invincible they were, they won a great victory in the battle of Jiyang, but as long as they won the favor of the emperor, they could still swagger into the land of Great Wei, and even enjoy the convenience and benefits that the merchants of Great Wei could not enjoy. .

How ironic.

but……

Sometimes, being smart, you just shoot yourself in the foot. If all goes well, Uto Kingdom and the Great Wei "turning fighters into jade and silk" will be good for He Rufei, Xu Jingfu, Xu Zhiheng, and even the lord of Utuo who is thousands of miles away... Great Wei Zimin, to Xiao Jue and to He Yan himself, has no benefit at all.

Therefore, the blood of the soldiers who died earlier cannot be left in vain.

Let Emperor Wenxuan beware of these cunning Uto people and see their true colors clearly.

Three days later, at the Tianxing Terrace, He Yan lowered his eyes. At that time, there would be a real lively scene.