Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1199: Husband and wife settle small accounts

The next day, they set out back to Chang'an.

In fact, for Shang Ruyi, staying in Luoyang for only half a month was not enough for her to feel at ease about this ancient capital. Whether it was because she had not had time to take a good look at the old residence, or because she had not become familiar with the ladies of the official family, or because a vegetarian meal was not enough to express their gratitude to the thirteen monks, and also because of the Ziwei Palace that carried too many memories...

There are indeed many things that are not fully expressed.

But when they thought that Yuwen Cheng had already taken Xiao Yuansui away, and they didn't know what kind of storm was waiting for them in Chang'an City, they decided to start their journey home.

They all thought that Yuwen Ye would travel day and night to catch up with Yuwen Cheng, or at least get back to Chang'an as soon as possible to prevent Yuwen Cheng from talking nonsense in front of the emperor; but to everyone's surprise, Yuwen Ye was not in a hurry to travel. Instead, he stopped and walked along the way. In almost every county he passed along the way, he would stop to listen to government affairs and ask questions. If there were problems that local officials could not solve, he would take action. He even took the opportunity to eliminate the bandits on the two hills, which made the people who were threatened by the bandits and lived in constant fear praised him.

As a result, the journey that could have been completed in more than half a month took him more than two months.

When we returned to Chang'an, the Chinese New Year had already passed.

At the beginning, the people around him were quite dissatisfied. Even Shentu Tai came to Shang Ruyi twice, wanting to ask the Princess of Qin to persuade the King of Qin to return to Beijing as soon as possible. However, Shang Ruyi smiled and advised him not to be too nervous. After a long time, everyone came to their senses.

Yuwen Ye is trying to gain territory and people's hearts.

At the beginning, in order to let him go to the war, Yuwen Yuan appointed him as the Minister of the Grand Secretariat of Shaanxi East Road. Shaanxi East Road included Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places, but at that time the whole Henan was occupied by Liang Shide, and the Hebei area was also independently governed, not to mention Shandong. There were almost no acres of land in the whole Shaanxi East Road belonging to the Dasheng Dynasty.

The title given to him by Yuwen Yuan was just an empty title of a military commander.

But now, Yuwen Ye not only conquered Luoyang, but also because Xiao Yuansui swept across Hebei and Shandong and helped him to defeat the various forces there in advance, the entire Central Plains region actually came under Yuwen Ye's jurisdiction.

What he is doing now is not only to take over these places, but also to win the hearts of the people here.

In this way, even if Yuwen Yuan wants to take back the position of Shangshu Ling of the Shaanxi East Circuit in the future, he will not be able to take back his power here.

In other words, if others don't give something to him, he will take it.

Realizing this, everyone stopped urging him and instead followed him wholeheartedly to educate the people in the counties and prefectures along the way. Along the way, the King of Qin and his wife became famous and soon replaced Liang Shide and others in the Central Plains.

Later, several documents came from Chang'an, urging Yuwen Ye to return to the capital to report on his work. It was not until he passed Tongguan that Yuwen Ye quickened his pace.

Finally, on a snowy day, they returned to Chang'an.

"Please draw the curtain,"

Shang Ruyi, sitting in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at the white snow outside. The mountains, cities, forests and land all became embellishments of the snowy scene. The towering Chang'an City, which was getting closer and closer, showed an invisible sense of majesty in the cold wind, which was daunting. Then Yuwen Ye's voice rang in his ears.

He sat next to her and said softly, "Be careful not to catch a cold."

Shang Ruyi also felt that her fingers twisting the curtain were soon frozen red, so she obediently put down the curtain, but still shivered. Yuwen Ye smiled and shook his head, holding her hand in his warm palm to warm it.

Listening to the monotonous sound of the wheels rolling over the ruts, Shang Ruyi couldn't help yawning.

Yuwen Ye looked at her with a smile: "Are you sleepy?"

Shang Ruyi shook her head immediately. But while shaking her head, she yawned and laughed. In order to wake herself up, she lifted a corner of the curtain with her other hand and looked outside. Speaking of which, she was very familiar with the scenery along the way, but it was the first time she led such a large group of people on the road. These more than 100,000 people stretched for more than ten miles, like a long snake slowly moving forward on the snow-white ground, leaving a long trail.

Guarding the carriage was still a team of cavalry led by Mu Xian and Cheng Qiao. Although they were not wearing heavy armor, they looked very majestic.

Shang Ruyi sighed: "Alas..."

The two had been married for many years, so how could Yuwen Ye not hear the helplessness and annoyance in her sigh? Thinking that they were about to enter the city and would face much more dangers than the open swords and guns on the battlefield before, he held her hand tightly and said softly, "Don't worry too much. Yan Jie took Xiao Yuansui away, but for me, there is no dead end in this world."

Shang Ruyi lowered the curtain and looked back at him: "I want to discuss something with you."

"what's up?"

"Send another 300 of your men to compensate me."

"what?"

Originally, he thought Shang Ruyi was worried about Xiao Yuansui, but he didn't expect that she would ask him for 300 people. When he heard the word "compensation", Yuwen Ye was even a little confused: "Me? Compensate you?"

Shang Ruyi said seriously: "My three hundred heavy armored cavalry were almost all killed in Huyang Valley. Of course you have to compensate me."

Yuwen Ye finally came to his senses, feeling both angry and amused: "It was your father who asked you to send troops to Xiazhou, and it was you who went to Huyang Valley to stop Shi Yuxin. Even if you want compensation, you should go back and ask your father to pay you. Why did you come to me?"

Shang Ruyi said, "My father ordered me to send troops to Xiazhou. I saved Xiazhou from danger, so he will naturally reward me according to my military merits. I will talk about this after I return. But I fought for you in the battle of Huyang Valley, and 300 elite soldiers were killed. If I don't ask you for compensation, who else can I ask for compensation?"

"..."

"Besides, what I want is heavy cavalry, and father doesn't have any."

"..."

"I don't care. You have to compensate me for the three hundred people. Not one less."

Yuwen Ye was completely speechless with her "distorted logic" and said angrily, "You are quite arrogant. You asked for another 300 men right away. Do you know how difficult it is to train heavy armored cavalry?"

Shang Ruyi raised an eyebrow: "Of course I know."

Yuwen Ye used her money to train these more than 3,000 cavalrymen. How could she not know that?

Speaking of this, Yuwen Ye had nothing to say - as the saying goes, a man who eats someone's food will be soft-hearted, and a man who takes someone's money will be grateful. He originally thought that he had taken Shang Ruyi's dowry to train this group of soldiers, and then helped her train those three hundred people, which was barely even. He didn't expect that those three hundred people were almost all killed in Huyang Valley, and in the end he had to fill the hole himself.

He gritted his teeth and finally could only sigh helplessly: "Okay."

Shang Ruyi immediately laughed.

Just as the couple were settling their small accounts, the carriage swayed and suddenly stopped.