The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 712

Chapter 712: Chapter 640: The War Resumes_1

The raid on homes caused quite a bit of unrest; officials in Zhongzhou were all greatly alarmed until November came around, and newly appointed officials began to assume their positions one after another, allowing everyone to finally start recovering slowly.

Yan Residence.

Watching a maid sweeping snow in the courtyard, Daohua zoned out for a while before burying her head back in her work with the herbs.

Wang Manman and Guyu, Lixia were assisting her.

Wang Manman, "Miss, do we really need to prepare so many pills?"

Daohua’s hand paused in the middle of making medicine, "It’s better to be safe than sorry."

Originally, she thought that Xiao Yeyang, along with her third brother and fourth brother, would be able to return and rest for a while after smoothly completing their tasks outside, but upon returning from the provincial capital, they became even busier.

Both of her brothers hadn’t returned home for several days in a row.

This made Daohua somewhat worried.

There was only so much she could help with the matters outside, so she could only prepare more Ginseng Fortifying Pills, Sleeping Powder, Fragrant Pills, and other common medicines for them.

Daohua’s worries were soon confirmed; that very evening, after Yan Zhigao finished his duties in the court, he came back looking deeply troubled and spoke with his family, "There’s been another outbreak of war on the Northern Frontier."

"How can that be?! Didn’t Xia Teng’s army drive back the main force of the Tartars just a few months ago?" Daohua exclaimed, taken aback.

Yan Zhigao shook his head, "The specifics are still unclear, but the Tartars have certainly made a comeback."

Since the Northern Frontier was after all quite distant, even if war broke out, people’s lives were not affected, so after hearing the news, they just sighed briefly and then pushed it out of their minds.

However, entering mid-November, as the troops stationed at Ningmen Pass began to be redirected to the Northern Frontier, people gradually started to realize that the situation there might be tense.

"What are you saying, you’re going to the Northern Frontier again?"

In the main courtyard, Yan Zhigao and Madam Li sat at the top while Yan Wenxiu and Daohua sat below, all four looking at Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao in surprise.

Yan Zhigao, with furrowed brows, "What for this time?"

Yan Wentao spoke, "The sudden resurgence of conflict in the Northern Frontier is due to the Eight Princes Party colluding with the Tartars."

At this, Yan Zhigao and the others were shocked.

Madam Li found it hard to accept, "How can this be, the prince is a prince of Daxia, how can he collude with foreign tribes to fight his own people?"

Yan Wenkai scoffed, "The prince doesn’t care about the people’s lives. Last time, we cleared a lot of the prince’s influence in Zhongzhou, Jiguang, and Fenxi, making him anxious. He’s sacrificing the nation’s interests for power."

Yan Wentao turned to Yan Zhigao, "Uncle, this is a good opportunity for us to make a name for ourselves."

Yan Zhigao, "What will you do there?"

Yan Wentao, "There are people the Eight Princes Party has planted within the Northern Frontier’s troops; our job is to root them out and gather intelligence on the Tartars."

At this, Yan Zhigao, along with Madam Li and Xiao Yeyang, all frowned.

This was a difficult task, and highly dangerous at that.

After a moment of thought, Daohua asked, "Must you go?"

Yan Wentao fell silent for a while then firmly said, "I wish to take this chance."

Yan Wenkai, "I feel the same way." He then looked seriously at Yan Zhigao and Madam Li, "Father, Mother, please let third brother and me go. I know you’re worried about our safety, but we’ve made some achievements in Internal Martial Arts; we should be able to take care of ourselves. You don’t need to worry too much."

Yan Zhigao and Madam Li exchanged looks, both hesitant.

Daohua asked again, "Is Xiao Yeyang going as well?"

Yan Wentao shook his head, "Yeyang is not going this time; he has other matters to attend to here."