Chapter 271: Revisiting the Northwest

The Kyushu Empire was established in May, and King Xie Yong of Xiping arrived in his fiefdom Chang'an in July.

One month after taking office, he had not yet fully familiarized himself with Chang'an and its surroundings. In August, Xiliang and Nuguo jointly rebelled.

When the new country was established, there was a lot of work to be done. Xie Yanyan and Zhou Shaoyu were so busy working face to face for months that they had no time to have a good meal together.

It was a month later when she learned about the crisis in the northwest.

"Report to Emperor Yan and Emperor Chen, Xiliang colluded with Xirong, 3,000 cavalrymen were invincible and marched straight to Chang'an. The Zhou family army and Xiping King Xie Yong fought bravely and defeated Xiliang and Xirong. Unexpectedly, 5,000 cavalrymen from the Nu Kingdom went south, burning, killing and looting. Xiping King and Zhou family army pursued the Nu Kingdom and have not returned yet."

King Xiping, Xie Yong, the second brother of Emperor Yan.

Xie Yanyan looked at the messenger who brought the news: "What do you mean by not returned? Did he go missing or did he venture into enemy territory and get trapped?"

The messenger said: "I don't know, the King of Xiping has not returned yet, and the Yu family has also sent out their own intelligence network to look for him, but they have not found him."

Xie Yanyan listened to the messenger's report and said to Zhou Shaoyu, "You stay calm in the court first, I'll go take a look?"

This is a revisit to an old place.

When the Jiuzhou Empire was first established, both of them could not leave the court.

Zhou Shaoyu thought for a moment and said, "Leave the court to Prime Minister Xu, and let the two of us go together. I don't feel comfortable going alone."

The emperor said on the side: "Let me go."

Xie Yanyan thought, it’s better to go with the old partner and his father.

When Emperor Yan left the palace, he did not have a phoenix carriage, ceremonial guards, and a solemn and majestic atmosphere like other emperors. Instead, the three of them, father and son, traveled light and without even a guard.

Before Xie Yanyan set off, he also asked Xie Lingyu to come along. The younger brother was still learning how to govern a country from Su Moqing, and at the age of thirteen, he was already taller than Xie Yanyan.

Xie Lingyu still doesn't know that his sister has a space. Although he studies literature with Su Moqing and martial arts with his father, he always feels that his abilities are still not enough.

Xie Yanyan said: "It's enough for you and my father to take care of me."

Xie Anfeng and Xie Lingyu each wore a conical hat. Xie Yanyan got into the carriage, lowered the curtains, and left the palace in a low-key manner. No one knew that they were on a secret visit.

After leaving Xiangyang and walking on the official road, Xie Yanyan immediately contacted Xiaomei.

"Xiao Mei, scan and locate Xie Yong."

[Exchange successful, Xie Yong and his surroundings can only be redeemed once a day, limited to 10 minutes]

Xie Yanyan immediately saw Xie Yong.

He is in a small mountain village?

There are three stone houses in the mountains and a yard made of stones and mud. A long rope is stretched across the yard, and sheets, clothes and other things are hung on the rope to dry.

A tall woman with rough skin, but a scholarly air that could not be ignored, was feeding Xie Yong medicine and water.

There was an old man in the kitchen, with a simple wooden hairpin in his hair, sorting herbs.

It seems that this old man should be a doctor or something.

"change"

Time is precious. Since she saw that Xie Yong was alive, she immediately transferred him in.

He also transferred the entire carriage he used for traveling into the space.

Xie Yong was in a stone house in the mountains when he suddenly saw Xie Yanyan, Xie Anfeng, and Xie Lingyu. He was still not used to it and thought he was dreaming. Xie Yanyan said, "Stop talking and hold on to your father's hand."

Xie Yong grabbed Xie Anfeng's hand, Xie Anfeng grabbed Xie Lingyu's hand, and Xie Lingyu grabbed Xie Yanyan.

"Transfer out"

Except Xie Anfeng, Xie Yong and Xie Lingyu were all stunned.

This, where is this?

Xie Yong: "Where was I just now? Why am I back again? And with my father and Emperor Yan?"

The girl who was taking care of him was also confused. She looked at Xie Anfeng and the other two, holding a hatchet in her hand, and asked sternly, "Who are you?"

The old man who was drying medicine outside heard the noise and immediately rushed in with a hatchet, glaring at the three extra people in the room.

The three people in front of him were all dressed in gorgeous clothes, and they looked more dignified and respectable than the average wealthy masters and ladies.

"Who are you?" asked the old man.

Xie Yanyan looked at Xie Yong and asked, "Have you ever told them who you are?"

Xie Yong shook his head: "I didn't have time to say it."

Xie Anfeng said, "Thank you, old man. You saved my son. We are here to pick him up."

The old man put down the axe in his hand and said in surprise: "How did you get in? How come I didn't know anything about it?"

Xie Yanyan couldn't explain how she got here, so she looked at Xie Yong and asked, "Brother, where is this?"

"Jingning County," Xie Yong said awkwardly, "I chased the Xirong people to Dingxi County, and we got lost. Then we encountered a hurricane, and I was swept away. When I woke up, I was here."

The girl who fed him the medicine said, "This is Huoyan Mountain in Jingning County. My grandfather and I were collecting herbs in the mountains and saw him in the wasteland at the foot of the mountain."

The old man knew that they were a family and said, "Since you have found your family, take them away."

The girl looked at Xie Yong, her face turned red, and she said shyly, "Grandfather, can you tell them to eat before they leave?"

The old man said unhappily, "What's the point of eating? We've been nursing him for four days, and his injuries are almost healed. If we keep nursing him any longer, we will be left with nothing."

The girl still pleaded: "Grandfather, look at the deep snow in the mountains, how can they get there?"

The old man said angrily, "Why don't you ask them how they got here? If they can come here, then they can leave. They have already found their home, so why can't they leave?"

The girl couldn't utter a word.

Xie Anfeng glanced at the old man and said with a smile: "Old man, to be honest, when we came here, we brought you some food. Because we didn't know the depth, we left it at the back and didn't bring it up. Since my son has been bothering you for quite a while, please accept this small token of your appreciation."

The old man didn't think too much about it: "Okay, take it. We don't have enough food anyway."

Xie Anfeng called out to Xie Lingyu: "Xiao Si'er, come with me to get the food."

Xie Lingyu was completely confused. How did he end up in this place?

Is there still food?

However, Xie Yanyan looked at him dignifiedly, without any doubt.

He blinked and obediently followed his father to the hillside behind the house.

He swore that there was no food over there, because as far as the eye could see, it was all white snow, even the low bushes were half buried in the snow. Where could there be food? Food?

It’s really food!

He followed his father's footsteps down into the snow cave and saw two bags of rice, flour and a basket of vegetables behind a large group of trees.

It looked so familiar; it was the basket his sister often used to carry things in the horse-drawn carriage.

The rice and flour were in big bags weighing more than 100 kilograms. He carried a bag of rice up to the old man's yard first. The girl stood in the yard and watched them carrying things up from the snow cave below. She was very curious and ran downstairs to take a look.

Eh, there is another baggage?

She picked up the bag, which was quite heavy, and asked, "Hey, you guys, is this bag yours?"

Xie Yanyan looked puzzled: “No.”

"Oh" the girl threw the bag away without saying a word.