comeback [rebirth]

"Let's drink some water first."

Yan Xuan poured a glass of water and put it in front of Cen Yuan, but the latter held his hand down and stared straight at him.

If you feel it carefully, Cen Yuan's hand holding him is still trembling.

Yan Xuan patted the back of the opponent's hand with his backhand, and sat down at the table.

At this time, the outdoor fireworks had stopped, and the lit lamp outside the bedroom carved a gentle soft light on the door and window.The brazier in the house made a "sizzling" beating sound, and the candle hanging on the wick swayed slightly, hitting the restless shadows of the two on the wall one by one.

Cen Yuan sat quietly, but the breath in his heart was still hanging, and he couldn't find a place to park it.

——At that time, it was because he drank poisonous wine that he came back to this life again, so Yan Xuan...

As if capturing the words in his heart, Yan Xuan said slowly: "In February of the 24th year of Ninghuan, the King of Xikang led [-] Huns cavalry to invade Daning from Gequan border and directly attack Hanlin."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Cen Yuan subconsciously asked: "Have you gone?"

Before he finished speaking, he realized that he had asked a stupid question.

The foreign enemy invaded so rampantly, and they didn't take Daning seriously at all. His little general defended the country and the people all his life, and was so loyal. How could he shrink back and forth at such a time, and how could he not lead the army himself? Defeat the enemy bandits.

Caring makes chaos, how could Yan Xuan not know, he held Cen Yuan's hand tightly, and gently rubbed the back of the other's hand with his fingertips, trying to comfort people to calm down.It was not until a long time later that he saw that Cen Yuan's tense expression was slightly relaxed, and he continued to speak.

"The combat power of King Xikang is second only to Huyanlu Shanyu. At that time, Hanlin was extremely cold, and many mountain roads were closed by snowstorms. The food reserves were less than half of previous years. Even if we made preparations in advance, the supply was still scarce."

Cen Yuan murmured: "Even if Daning has enough troops, it will not help if there is no rear supply."

Yan Xuan said "Yes": "At that time, I was only able to lead [-] elite soldiers to go northward through Cang County, which was well-supplied. avalanche."

"what?!"

Cen Yuan exclaimed almost immediately.

"Don't worry." Yan Xuan patted the back of his hand, "I already have a plan to deal with it, and I won't let them succeed this time."

"Then..." Cen Yuan only felt that all the sourness spread to the root of his tongue at this moment, and his throat suddenly choked, "What about last time."

Yan Xuan actually didn't want to tell the other party too many details, but the look that Cen Yuan met with him could not be discussed at all.He sighed softly and said slowly:

"At that time, I made a detour and marched to meet the Xiongnu on the Shangjiang River in the northeast direction of Jiangyuan, but Jiangyuan was close to Jishan Mountain, which was covered with snow all the year round. This bombing almost blew the snow off the entire mountain."

Cen Yuan thought: "This year is extremely cold, and the amount of snow is estimated to be heavier than in previous years. Once the avalanche..."

The blizzard is falling like a flood, and Jiangyuan County must bear the brunt of it—there may not even be time and opportunity to escape.

But he knew that no matter what, Yan Xuan would definitely not refuse to save her.

Yan Xuan didn't go into details about the later situation, but just summed it up in one sentence: "We couldn't turn a blind eye to six thousand innocent people, but fortunately, we almost all saved them."

Cen Yuan let out a sigh of relief, but immediately continued: "But you and the elite soldiers you brought..."

Now that the result is known, the next development is not difficult to guess.

In an instant, Cen Yuan felt as if a dusty scene had appeared in front of his eyes after a long time—it was the nightmare he often had in Jiangnan a few months ago.

In that thrilling dream, Yan Xuan was in the depths of endless chill.He used his flesh as an iron wall and his body as a long-edged sword to guard the territory and people of Daning.

Suddenly, Cen Yuan remembered the words that Brother Qing's wife had said to him back then - "A husband and wife are heart-to-heart".

It turned out that this was not a dream at all.

Cen Yuan couldn't bear to watch any more, but the pain, anger and uneasiness in his heart made him unable to shake off the bloody scene completely, so he could only close his eyes tightly.

Recalling this incident again, except for Yan Xuan's slightly terrified expression when he mentioned the avalanche, the rest of the time he was as indifferent as ever.Seeing Cen Yuan's mournful face at this time, he couldn't feel better, he could only raise his hand to touch the top of the other's head, and then stroked away Cen Yuan's frowning brows.

"Don't worry, it's all over."

Cen Yuan rolled his Adam's apple up and down, shook his head, and grasped Yan Xuan's hand instinctively.

"No..." He suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes suddenly, and grabbed the opponent firmly, "No, not yet, the next battle in Mobei..."

Yan Xuan smiled at him easily: "Your Highness doesn't believe me?"

"No..." Cen Yuan muttered reflexively, but in an instant, he seemed to realize his stupidity, and he lowered his head and laughed at himself.

When he raised his head again, he settled down and said word by word: "No, I believe it."

If he said he didn't have the slightest worry, he would be deceiving himself, but he believed that even though his little general had a mortal body, even if he was besieged on all sides, he would be able to cut through all obstacles and be invincible.

Yan Xuan took his hand back, and shook it as if he had exhausted all his strength, and then Cen Yuan said with some regret: "In the end, I didn't enjoy watching the fireworks."

"There should be uncooked Lantern Festival in the kitchen." Yan Xuan said, "I'll get two bowls."

Cen Yuan grabbed him: "I'll go with you."

There was no one left in the kitchen, and the servants asked Cen Yuan to rush to spend the holiday with his family in advance.There are two plates of wrapped Lantern Festival next to the stove, and I can't tell which is meat and which is sesame.

The two looked at each other in dismay, and finally had no choice but to grab a few of them.

After the Lantern Festival was over, they returned to the front of the house with their bowls in hand, sat on the porch and watched the moon.

At this moment, Cen Yuan finally regained his senses from the shocking news, at least he won't lose his appetite.Seeing the sesame-flavored stuffing leaking out from under the skin of the Yuanxiao that Yan Xuan took a bite of, he didn't eat his own, and blinked at Yan Xuan.

The latter seemed to be used to it, and directly handed the porcelain spoon containing the Lantern Festival to his mouth.

"Tell me..." Cen Yuan still had the sweet Lantern Festival in his mouth, and his voice was a little vague, "Are you drunk or not?"

Yan Xuan shook his head dumbfounded, expressing that he didn't know, and then took a Lantern Festival that was brought to his mouth.

Cen Yuan took back the porcelain spoon and looked up at the bright moon in the middle of the night sky. The moonlight shone down, making the lamps in the yard seem to lose their color for a moment, and a moon-white round shadow appeared on the water in the bowl, as if Hold this clear jade plate.

He slowly chewed and swallowed the food in his mouth, and then said in a hoarse voice: "The abnormalities of this conscription, including Zhao Yu's identity, are you who have already found out before the expedition, right?"

"Well." Yan Xuan said, "It's just that time was limited at that time, so I returned to Chang'an before going deep, otherwise I could save some time this time."

"I returned to Chang'an because on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival I..."

Who knows that before he finished speaking, Yan Xuan rarely interrupted: "No."

Compared with Yan Xuan's soft-spoken words all the time, the tone of these two words is obviously a bit harsh, but Cen Yuan smiled calmly: "I don't shy away from saying this myself, why be nervous."

Yan Xuan glanced sideways, stirring the soup with the porcelain spoon in his hand, and after a long while, he didn't see any relaxation in his tense shoulders.But he said: "At that time, I promised you that I would accompany you to watch Yuandeng City."

So no matter where he was before, he would definitely return to Beijing early.

And this is the promise he will make no matter how many times he comes back.

At this time, the Lantern Festival was just a meal, and the two of them did not cook a few together, and after a while, the two bowls were bottomed out.The kitchen was a little far away, Cen Yuan put the two bowls back on the table in the bedroom, and soon sat back beside Yan Xuan, hugging his arm.

He played with the little general's fingers like he always did, and the atmosphere seemed to be just talking by candlelight.

"How long have you been running?" He asked softly.

"One day and one night." Yan Xuan answered after a while, "I arrived outside the city gate on the afternoon of the [-]th, but was stopped by Duan Meng."

Cen Yuan paused, he didn't expect to hear the name at this time.

"You didn't say it earlier." After a while, he said in a deep voice, "If I had known earlier, I would have made up two extra knives when I went to the prison last time."

Yan Xuan: "..."

"I'm joking with you." Cen Yuan smiled immediately, reached out and rubbed his face, but was quickly cut into the opponent's hand.

The short-lived frolic sound suddenly fell silent, and Cen Yuan buried his face in the other's neck, enjoying the comfort under the moonlight with his little general like glue.

After a while, his muffled voice finally came out: "So you know that I, like you, also have memories of my previous life, don't you?"

In his ear, Yan Xuan gave a soft "hmm".

"When I woke up, it happened to be on my way back to Beijing from Huajin." Yan Xuan said, "When I met you on Yong'an Street, I had a vague guess."

Cen Yuan asked: "What about the marriage?"

Yan Xuan turned his head slightly, looked at him firmly and said, "I asked His Majesty for this."

Even though he had a guess in his heart, Cen Yuan was still shocked when he heard this answer. He raised his head and growled in a sullen voice: "How dare you?!"

Yan Xuan honestly did not reply.

"What if the father doesn't value you as much as he appears on the surface?" Cen Yuan said, "What if you are not rewarded but punished, what if someone drags you out of the palace directly? What should you do?"

Just like taking him out of the city under curfew and buying a mansion for him, this little general is like this, with a madness that is completely different from the calmness shown.He is confident and fearless.His weakness has never been himself.

Yan Xuan's thin lips were tightly pursed, his eyes were half closed, and his long black eyelashes trembled almost imperceptibly under the moonlight.

——Only when facing Cen Yuan, the little general will put away all the sharpness and sharpness in him, and hide the madness and impulse in his heart that are not easily revealed to others, and the naked eyes will only carry gentleness and love drown.

"I didn't have time to think so much at the time." He said in a low voice, mixed with some vague smiles, and stroked the other's cheek with his fingertips, "Don't be angry, huh?"

Cen Yuan grabbed the troubled hand and said with a "hum": "I'm so mad!"

After finishing speaking, he grabbed Yan Xuan's skirt and kissed her.

The two of them were a little cruel that night, or should I say a little crazy, the water in the tub spilled all over the floor, and the hot steam was lingering in the small space.Yan Xuan leaned back against the edge, using the tip of her nose to wipe away the water splashed on Cen Yuan's face, and carved kisses on Cen Yuan's lips from time to time, and supported him with both hands to sit down in the warmth.

The surrounding water seemed to turn into a heat wave, slapping his body in the chaos, Cen Yuan's fingers slid across the edge of the wet wooden barrel, unable to exert force at all.He couldn't hold it anymore, his body couldn't help shaking, and begged for mercy in Yan Xuan's ear: "Go out first..."

—— There was a sound of "wow", and Yan Xuan got up and left the bathtub directly with the person in his arms, but he didn't go out completely.With one hand, he took a towel to wipe the body and covered the two of them, and walked around the screen with his body full of heat, walking towards the bedroom.

Cen Yuan couldn't stop breathing by his neck, he was almost out of control, he called Yan Xuan's name in a hoarse voice over and over again, until he was knocked down, there was only a moment of free time, but almost immediately, Yan Xuan turned to him again. He leaned over.

The rare full moon disturbed the tranquility of the night, and the movements and sounds were crazy and uncontrollable. It was not until dawn that the scorching heat in the room began to stop.In Wen Cunzhong, Cen Yuan's eyes were a little out of focus, but he kept his eyes firmly on Yan Xuan's face from the beginning to the end, gliding across the other's brows and eyes little by little, confirming the existence of the other party all the time.

Yan Xuan lightly kissed him on the lips, read some secret remorse from the other's eyes, and said with a low laugh, "Don't apologize."

Hearing this, Cen Yuan also laughed at himself like a self-deprecating, apparently thinking of the unreasonable toss in Qingjiang back then.He shook his head, caressed Yan Xuan's face, and said softly: "We are going to grow old in this life, don't say anything that makes me live longer than you."

Yan Xuan tilted her head and touched his palm, and said softly "OK".

"So Yan Xuan," Cen Yuan said with his eyes slightly bent, "come back alive."