"Brother-in-law." Upon seeing Xuan Yuanzhan return, Su Yun'an immediately stood up and bowed.
Xuanyuan Zhan walked over, glanced at the two maps on the table, raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems you've gained quite a bit from this trip to the Huangli military camp. I told you you could definitely do it. Your sister was worried about you and didn't sleep well last night."
Ning'er was distracted yesterday, which prevented him from getting close to her.
Su Xuening blushed and glared at him. She hadn't expected him to know everything. No wonder he hadn't bothered her last night.
"What do you mean the Northern Wei people didn't know about the Su family army?" Su Xuening asked curiously.
Su Yun'an immediately explained, "Brother-in-law is right. According to Li Jinyuan and the other two, the Su family army is like a secret army trained by the Northern Wei emperor, just like the secret guards we train. Only, they train an army, and their numbers are much greater than those of secret guards. No one except the Northern Wei emperor knows about the existence of the Su family army, which is why the Su family army was able to travel from Northern Wei to Eastern Chu to protect my father without anyone noticing."
Xuan Yuanzhan raised his eyebrows: "Actually, it's easy to guess. If the Su family army is an army that everyone knows about, then the Northern Wei emperor would not have sent them to Eastern Chu. After all, the Su family army has as many as 300,000 soldiers. If the Northern Wei suddenly loses 300,000 soldiers, the Northern Wei emperor's sons would definitely know. In this way, not only will the Northern Wei emperor not be able to protect General Su, but he may also bring disaster upon General Su."
Su Xuening suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
It seems that the Northern Wei emperor went to great lengths to protect his father, and he genuinely wanted to safeguard the only bloodline of his legitimate son.
Upon hearing this, Duanmu Junyu finally spoke up: "So, is it certain that your father is currently in Northern Wei?"
Su Yun'an nodded: "Yes, four years ago, those three generals used Su Huiyan and Su Renyi's plan to make my father fake his death and escape. It was General Wu who personally sent my father back to Northern Wei and handed him over to the Northern Wei emperor."
Su Xuening immediately sensed something fishy: "When Father was sent back to Northern Wei, he was unconscious?"
Su Yun'an raised an eyebrow: "Probably, otherwise Father wouldn't have left Dongchu, so they must have drugged Father and brought him back to Beiwei."
Su Xuening frowned: "But Father has been gone to Northern Wei for so long and hasn't contacted us. Something must have happened to him."
Xuanyuan Zhan frowned and asked Su Yun'an, "Do they know about General Su's current situation in Northern Wei?"
Su Yun'an shook his head solemnly: "I don't know. Li Jinyuan and Yun Songquan haven't returned to Northern Wei for twenty years. Wu Liping only returned to Northern Wei four years ago when he sent his father back. After that, he returned to Eastern Chu. In the past four years, there has been no news from Northern Wei. Even the emperor of Northern Wei has not given them any orders. They don't know anything about my father's current situation."
Su Xuening looked at Xuan Yuanzhan: "Have you heard anything important about the Northern Wei royal family?"
Xuanyuan Zhan shook his head: "I haven't heard of any major events in Northern Wei. Anyway, the previous emperor is still on the throne."
As Xuanyuan Zhan spoke, he stroked his chin and said, "Your great-grandfather must be quite old, but I didn't expect him to reign for so long."
Su Yun'an sighed softly and said, "I guess something must have happened to the Northern Wei emperor four years ago, which is why they sent my father back. I just don't know if those things have been resolved yet. And my father, something must have happened to him in Northern Wei, otherwise he wouldn't have gone so long without coming to Eastern Chu to find us."
No one knows the situation in Northern Wei right now; even the three generals don't know anything about it.
Duanmu Junyu was silent for a moment before saying, "I need to go to Northern Wei."
“We’ll go too.” As soon as Duanmu Junyu spoke, Su Xuening and Su Yun’an immediately chimed in.
“Okay, let’s go together then.” Duanmu Junyu nodded in agreement.
This was what they had agreed upon before, to go to Northern Wei together.
Upon hearing that Su Xuening was going to Northern Wei, Xuan Yuanzhan did not object. He sat down and said, "Don't get excited yet. We definitely have to go to Northern Wei, but we still need to plan this carefully."
Xuanyuan Zhan looked at the two maps on the table and said, "From the capital of Eastern Chu to the capital of Northern Wei, it would probably take at the fastest horse to travel for a month and a half."
Su Yun'an nodded: "Yes, the three generals said that it took them nearly two months to travel from Northern Wei to Eastern Chu."
Duanmu Junyu glanced at the map and said, "It only takes us one day to travel from Eastern Chu to Northern Wei."
Everyone was stunned when Duanmu Junyu said this.
Xuanyuan Zhan slapped his forehead and said, "I almost forgot, you have the Vermilion Bird divine beast. That really only takes one day."
It would normally take a person a month and a half to travel from Eastern Chu to Northern Wei, and even if he traveled at top speed, it would still take him a month.
If it's the mother, then it really only takes one day, since the Vermilion Bird divine beast can travel a thousand miles a day.
Su Yun'an's eyes lit up: "That's right, we can ride the Vermilion Bird divine beast to Northern Wei, and that way we can get there in just one day."
Su Yun'an had just finished being happy when he became worried again: "There is still one thing. I have already promised to let those three generals return to Northern Wei."
As Su Yun'an spoke, he seemed to remember something and looked at Xuan Yuanzhan again: "Brother-in-law, would you be willing to let the Su family army return to Northern Wei together?"
Xuan Yuanzhan shrugged indifferently: "You are the masters of the Su family army, so it is naturally up to you to decide whether the Su family army stays or leaves. They wouldn't have listened to me anyway if they had stayed in Dong Chu."
Back then, Xuanyuan Peng had spent so much effort trying to subdue the Su family army but failed, so he had even less of an idea left.
The Su family army originally belonged to the Su family, so their fate was naturally up to the Su family to decide.
Seeing that Xuanyuan Zhan agreed to let them take the Su family army away, Su Yun'an looked at Duanmu Junyu again: "Mother, the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast can't take so many people, can it?"
...Duanmu Junyu looked at Su Yun'an with a blank expression: "This...I haven't tried it!"
She did not allow the Vermilion Bird mythical beast to carry so many people.
What's more, the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast had only ever carried her before; it was only after she regained her memories that she was able to get it to carry several more people. She really didn't know how many people the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast could carry at once.
Su Xuening glared at Su Yun'an: "With an army of over 300,000, you can forget about messing with the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast."
Su Yun'an also felt that it was unrealistic to have the Vermilion Bird Beast take so many of them to Northern Wei all at once. After thinking for a while, he looked at everyone and said, "How about we go to Northern Wei first, and then have the three generals lead the Su family army there?"
Xuanyuan Zhan also thought this was for the best: "Since the Su family army was able to reach Dongchu without anyone noticing before, they should be able to return to Beiwei without alarming the Beiwei royal family."
Duanmu Junyu nodded: "Then let's go to Northern Wei to investigate the situation first."
Xuanyuan Zhan looked at Duanmu Junyu: "When do you plan to set off?"
"The sooner the better, of course." Duanmu Junyu didn't want to wait even a day longer and wished she could rush to Northern Wei immediately.
Xuanyuan Zhan thought for a moment and said, "How about this, tomorrow might be too rushed, so let's set off the day after tomorrow."
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