After dealing with the military affairs in Guangning, Yuan Nanyu led his troops back to Datong.

Today, Liang Huiyong is still the governor of Liaodong, but after Chen Yu "confered" the four prefectures to Feng Ye, the post of governor was no longer established. After all, Liang Huiyong was a military general who was not good at governing and was not suitable to hold military power. Feng Ye planned to select suitable personnel from the local civil servants in Liaodong to manage the political affairs of Liaodong, and Yuan Nanyuzheng brought back his opinions after much investigation.

After seeing Feng Ye, Yuan Nanyu was very surprised. He frowned and looked at Feng Ye, then at Yan Sikong, and finally his eyes fell on Feng Ye's chest: "When the Wolf King left Guangning, the wound was almost healed. Why hasn't it healed yet?" Feng Ye is in great health. Although he was seriously injured, since he has already come back from the gates of hell and has the head of the Medicine Valley's extremely brilliant prescription to recuperate his body, he should not be still bedridden, let alone being alive and well.

Yan Sikong said with a sullen face: "He fell off his horse." Although he had doubts in his heart, he had no evidence and Feng Ye refused to give in, so he did not dare to question him.

"Fall off the horse?" Yuan Nanyu scolded, "You are such a grown-up, and you are riding a horse before your injury heals?!"

Feng Ye said awkwardly: "Let's not talk about it anymore. Tell me about the situation in Liaodong."

"Let me take a look at your injuries first." Yuan Nanyu said as he was about to untie Feng Ye's clothes.

Feng Ye pushed his hand back: "No hurry, let's talk about Liaodong first."

Yuan Nanyu had no choice but to give up and report everything that happened after they left.

Together with Liang Huiyong, he supervised the repair of Guangning City, sent scouts to keep an eye on the movements of the Jin soldiers after their defeat, returned the captured Chu army to Chen Yi, and at the same time inspected the officials in Liaodong one by one in order to select talented people for appointment.

Yan Sikong flipped through the documents submitted by Yuan Nanyu, pointed to a name and said, "This Cai Xun was my father's colleague back then. He is taciturn but works carefully and conscientiously. He can be used in an important position."

"Really? I don't even remember it." Yuan Nanyu said, "Second brother really has a photographic memory."

"This is the only familiar name I saw." Yan Sikong sighed, "It's been more than 20 years, and many people are gone."

"Sikong, let you brothers decide the personnel matters in Liaodong." Feng Ye said, "You know your hometown better than I do."

Yan Sikong nodded, put the document into his sleeve, and asked Xiang Yuannanyu: "After we left, did Chen Yi give you any trouble?"

Yuan Nanyu shook his head and said lightly: "He is in a hurry to return to be the emperor, so why would he stay in Guangning?"

"After going through so much hardship, he finally sat on the golden throne..." Yan Sikong shook his head, "Little did he know that this ordeal had just begun."

"I just received news today that Shen Hexuan has joined the cabinet." Yuan Nanyu said, "Is he the youngest cabinet minister in the history of Dasheng?"

Yan Sikong nodded: "About the same." Although Shen Hexuan was only 37 years old, he had supported Chen Yu all the way to the throne. Whether as an imperial teacher or as a meritorious official, it was expected that he would be promoted to the imperial court. After a few more years of experience, as long as the emperor and his officials were of one mind, one day, Shen Hexuan would finally take the position of their mentor Yan Zilian.

If Yan Zilian knew about this in heaven, he would definitely feel pleased.

"Shen Hexuan is a very upright person, and he is easily broken by steel." Feng Ye snorted, "With Chen Yu's sinister and cold temper, he is not an easy person to deal with. There will be more interesting things to watch in the future."

Feng Ye's words were exactly what Yan Sikong was worried about. The relationship between the monarch and his subjects was like that between husband and wife. It was easy to share adversity, but difficult to share wealth. How to keep the balance between the monarch and his subjects in the future would be a test for both Chen Yu and Shen Hexuan. It was not only necessary to conquer the world, but also to keep it. Chen Yu actually took over a country that was in decline and about to die. He would have to spend his whole life's efforts to revive it, and Shen Hexuan's assistance would be crucial.

——

After reporting to Feng Yehui, Yan Sikong received a call from Yuan Nanyu alone. The two brothers drank the Shaoguo wine that Yuan Nanyu brought back. This wine is a specialty of Liaoning, strong and spicy. If you take a sip of it in the coldest days of winter, you won't be afraid of the cold when you go out. Although it is spring now and the weather is warm, drinking this wine will inevitably burn your heart and lungs, but the two of them still drank it very happily.

Yan Sikong felt very relieved to hear Yuan Nanyu talk about Liaoning. After defeating the Jin army, the people of Liaoning saw hope again. This land, which had been ravaged by foreign barbarians for decades, was finally saved.

Yuan Nanyu, under the influence of alcohol, said excitedly: "Second brother, we must recover the seven states of Liaobei, take back our natural defenses in the north, and drive the Golden Dog out of the border completely."

Yan Sikong also agreed: "Yes, we should seize the opportunity to pursue the victory. We can definitely do it."

"I knew very early that I followed the right person." Yuan Nanyu's eyes were firm. "If it weren't for Feng Ye, Liaodong would have definitely fallen. He can recover the Hetao area, and he can definitely recover the seven states of Liaobei. Let's take back the land that the tyrant emperor lost bit by bit!"

"Okay!" Yan Sikong poured wine to Yuan Nanyuman, "The most important thing now is that Feng Ye recovers as soon as possible so that he can take on the important task of King Zhenbei."

"Yes." At this point, Yuan Nanyu frowned and said, "Feng Ye is really too ridiculous. He went to race horses before his injury healed... I will treat him personally tomorrow."

Yan Sikong wanted to say something but stopped himself.

"Second brother, what's wrong?" Yuan Nanyu noticed that he was acting strangely, but he had drunk too much and didn't pay much attention.

"Nothing." Yan Sikong said, "None of these doctors in Datong can compare to you. It depends on you."

——

The next day, Yan Sikong deliberately chose to visit Feng Ye when he changed the dressings every day. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw several doctors retreating from the house with panic on their faces, each of them walking very fast, as if they were running away.

Yan Sikong frowned. As soon as he stepped into the room, he saw Yuan Nanyu angrily scolding the "quack doctor" while personally wiping Feng Ye's wounds. Feng Ye was sitting cross-legged on the couch, his naked upper body straight, with no expression on his face.

"Nan Yu, what happened?" Yan Sikong walked over and saw that Feng Ye's wounds were actually festering. He was so frightened that his heart tightened and he asked in a sharp voice, "What happened?"

"These quack doctors, how could such a simple wound not heal for so many days?!" Yuan Nanyu was so angry that his face turned blue, "I'm going to check the background of these people, whether they are spies sent by Chen Yi!"

Feng Ye said calmly: "Not really, it's getting better now."

"Healed?" Yuan Nanyu narrowed his eyes. "This injury is really strange. It looks like... it's been broken and healed repeatedly. How did they treat you?"

Yan Sikong's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice: "If Chen Yu really sent a spy, wouldn't it be more efficient to assassinate or poison him directly?"

Yuan Nanyu knew it was impossible, he was just so angry that he lost his mind. He took a deep breath and said, "From today on, I will take care of all your injuries. No one else is allowed to interfere even when changing the dressings. Even if you step half a foot into the underworld, Master can pull you back. If I can't heal such an external injury, it would be a disgrace to our sect."

Feng Ye turned his face away without saying a word.

Yan Sikong couldn't help but take two steps forward, walked in front of Feng Ye, and looked down at him.

Feeling Yan Sikong's scrutinizing gaze, Feng Ye hesitated for a moment, then slowly raised his head and looked at him without blinking, with unspeakable emotions flashing in his eyes.

Yan Sikong pursed his lips and said, "You said you would take good care of yourself."

Feng Ye nodded slightly.

Yan Sikong secretly clenched his fists: "Have you taken good care of your injury?" The wound on Feng Ye's chest stung his eyes again. There used to be a hole there that was bleeding profusely. No matter how many times he recalled it, he would still tremble with fear.

Feng Ye lowered his eyes for a long while before saying, "Yes."

Yuan Nanyujian frowned slightly. Although he did not understand the atmosphere between the two of them, he still felt an unspeakable heaviness.

——

After sending all the doctors away, Yuan Nanyu did what he said. Not only did he not let anyone else change the medicine, he even assigned his personal guards to watch over the maids as they boiled the medicine. As a doctor, he knew better than anyone else that Feng Ye's injuries were strange, and he was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to harm Feng Ye.

But despite Yuan Nanyu's painstaking care, Feng Ye's injuries still did not heal. Rumors spread throughout the city, and all kinds of rumors might have already spread to the capital.

Yan Sikong could no longer bear it and decided to tell Yuan Nanyu his guess. He didn't tell Yuan Nanyu before because he was worried that he was just imagining things and he didn't know how to explain to Yuan Nanyu what happened between him and Feng Ye. But he was more worried about Feng Ye's repeated injuries. If anything happened, he would regret it. Right now, nothing was more important than this.

That day, he was about to go find Yuan Nanyu, but he saw Yuan Nanyu's guard Rabbit quickly sneak into his courtyard, shouting: "Master Yan, Master Yan——"

Yan Sikong pushed open the door and scolded, "What's wrong? You're so reckless."

"Lord Yan, the general and the King of Zhenbei are arguing. Go and take a look."

Yan Sikong widened his eyes, walked away, and asked, "What's going on?"

The guard smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't know. The general was changing the dressing for the King of Zhenbei as usual today. Somehow they started quarreling and we didn't dare to go in."

Yan Sikong had a gloomy face and ran to Feng Ye's house. Through the door, he heard Yuan Nanyu yelling, "You are ridiculous! You are crazy!"

Feng Ye and Yuan Nanyu have been through thick and thin together for many years. They are close friends and brothers, but Yuan Nanyu usually strictly abides by the etiquette of master and servant, especially in front of outsiders. It has never happened before that they argued so loudly like today.

Yan Sikong didn't care about etiquette. He pushed the door open with a bang and rushed in with an anxious look on his face.