She smiled and said, "By the way, Brother Xie Zuo, I made a big pot of water chestnut cake! I'll cut two pieces for you to taste." ”

She just pulled out the knife on her waist and found that the water chestnut cake in the wooden plate was covered with this layer of light mud powder, which must have been splashed by the mud thrown by Liu Zhiwei just now, she watched the rice cake that she had worked so hard to steam all night being ruined like this, extremely sad, Xie Zuo stood up, pulled out his cane sword, a flash of color, the extremely thin water chestnut cake stuck to the blade of the sword like paper, he separated the layer of water chestnut cake covered with mud, and the rest was clean.

"Brother Xie Zuo, are you good at teaching me swordsmanship. Ye looked at the man in front of him with a slight admiration, he just smiled faintly and touched her head: "It's better for girls not to learn swords, it's not a lady to fight and kill." ”

"Brother Xie Zuo, why are you so good to me?" she cut off a piece of water chestnut cake and sent it to his mouth, Xie Zuo thought for a while and said, "Did I tell you that I used to have a younger sister." ”

"Nope. She said truthfully.

"When I was a child, when I carried her on the street to buy sugar gourds, I accidentally lost her, and I haven't seen her since. He sighed.

"Oh......," she whispered.

"Weiwei, how old are you this year?" he looked into her eyes and suddenly asked, Ye Weiwei counted with his fingers: "After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it will be seventeen, what about you, Brother Xie Xuan?"

"Six out of twenty. ”

"Why don't you find a girl to be with? Brother Xie Zuo, you are so good at martial arts, and you are a wise minister by your father's side. ”

Xie Zuo was stunned for a while, speechless, Ye Weiwei knew that he was talking too much: "I'm sorry, Brother Xie Zuo, I ......"

"I actually married a woman, but she died, and she has been dead for many years. He sighed faintly.

"Is she beautiful?" She mustered up the courage to look at the man's side face, Xie Zuo squinted his eyes, as if recalling: "She, she is not beautiful, nor is she charming, no different from those ordinary girls." But she is very gentle, she has always been petty, she washes my feet and beats my back every day before going to bed, and her eyes look exactly like yours, and seeing you always reminds me of her. ”

Xie Zuo's words slowed down her heartbeat by half a beat, she lowered her head with a red face, the white wolf on her legs met the eyes of the master, looking at the owner's flushed face, it mistakenly thought that this Xie Zuo was here to bully her, showing rows of sharp teeth at him, Ye stared at it slightly, the white wolf immediately confessed, the slender ears hung down, and continued to lie at her feet.

"Weiwei, I want to tell you something. He stood up, walked to the room where he lived, opened the door, and gestured to her.

Ye Wei glanced at him in surprise, placed Mao Mao in the courtyard, and followed him with a small broken step with his skirt, Ye Weiwei could see that the world had not been trimmed for a long time, the patent leather on the door wall fell off badly, a large water tank in front of the door was mossy and overgrown, and the bluestone slab was overgrown with weeds, and from time to time you could see the traces of scorpions and centipedes crawling, and there was only a boxy table in the middle of the room, on which there were two pairs of dishes and chopsticks, one of which was already covered with dust, and the rest was a bed and a wardrobe, Ye Wei took out a towel and wiped the bench and said: "Brother Xie Zuo, don't dislike the dirtiness in this house, I don't often come here. ”

Xie Zuo sat opposite Ye Weiwei, the girl lowered her head, twisted her skirt with both hands, Xie Zuo cleared her throat: "Weiwei, I have something very important to talk to you about today, and this matter is related to the future cause of the Bottle Country, originally I wanted His Majesty the Emperor to talk to you, but His Majesty the Emperor is exhausted these days, so let me be this ugly man, I hope Weiwei you don't blame me in the future." ”

His solemn tone made the girl's heart skip a beat, what important thing is actually related to the great cause of the Bottle Country, he is just an abandoned son forgotten by his father, she has never had any contact with this father over the years, and a few times she met him or a banquet in the palace. The father sat at the end of the long table surrounded by concubines, and under him were countless officials who were drinking happily with him, but he sat at the closest gate, where eunuchs and subordinates usually sit, but this is fine, she can secretly bring Mao Mao in, and one man and one beast have a good time at the banquet. Why did it take so long for my father to think of him?

Xie Zuo looked at the cranky girl, glanced sideways, and didn't seem to be ready to interrupt until she came back to her senses: "Brother Xie Zuo, if there is something so important, Weiwei won't blame you." ”

He smiled with relief: "Weiwei, how much do you know about Yinguo." ”

The girl thought for a while and said: "The Yin country seems to be an ally of our bottle country, the current emperor of this country is very remarkable, he led the army to block the invasion of the Golden Horde army in the eighteenth year, and then became an ally with them for the first time, and then also formed an alliance with our bottle country, and also destroyed the invincible Xilin country, and my father also sent troops to help them at that time, and then won the war...... I don't know any more, my father never arranged for the prince to teach me these knowledge, I learned it by reading books by myself. ”

"Weiwei is really smart, what you said is not wrong at all, now the form of our northern region has been very clear, some time ago, in the two-year war between the Northern Barbarians and the Golden Horde, the entire territory of the Northern Barbarians fell, including the help of the Yinguo army, and the royal family of the Golden Horde in return, the Tengger grassland was given to the Yinguo, and at the same time countless jewels and cattle and sheep were offered, now the Yinguo can be called the first big country in the north, our bottle country is now in danger, the country was very stiff with the Yinguo because of the matter of leaving the north eight years ago, and then it is likely to be annexed by the increasingly powerful Yinguo, and now we need your help？”

"How can I help you?" Ye looked at Xie Zuo timidly.

Xie Zuo said categorically: "Marriage, marry you to the Yin Kingdom." ”

Ye looked at him in disbelief, and suddenly panicked, like a frightened elk: "Go to Yinguo?" I won't go, I won't go...... I didn't know anyone there. ”

"Weiwei! Listen to me, although this time it is a marriage, but it is actually for you to learn the knowledge of the military system of the Yin State, you can not only see the style of the Great Yin Dynasty in the Yin Kingdom, but also study their weapons and martial arts, don't you like to read the martial arts the most? There are thousands of martial arts in the Tiejing Tower of Lin'an City, and it is also the first arsenal in the Northern Regions, and at the same time, we can inquire about the true strength of the Yin Kingdom for our Bottle Country, we have planted a lot of eyeliner in Lin'an City, although you are in the palace, but you are not alone, we will have someone to help you do what you want to do, this is a unique opportunity, you think about it. He took her cold hand and rubbed it in his palm slightly.

"As a puppet-like concubine, how can you practice sword dancing and sword dancing?" she almost cried.

"Your Majesty has already sent a letter of state to Yinguo in this matter, and it can't be withdrawn. Now just wait for them to reply, and after the New Year, Your Majesty will personally send you to the Yin Kingdom, and at the same time hold a meeting between the three kings, and then the people from the Golden Horde will also come. Xie Zuo comforted softly.

"Weiwei, let me tell you, the person His Majesty the Emperor chose for you this time is the Third Prince of Chu, Chu Xiaohua's favorite child, Your Majesty and I have been thinking about it for a long time, this Great Prince of Chu is unruly, and if you marry him, you will probably be abandoned as a plaything, so we will definitely bet you on the Third Prince of Chu. This third prince of Chu is not an ordinary person, he is the same as your father and the emperor is a godsend, and I have inquired, this third prince of Chu is like a crown of jade, elegant and amiable, you will definitely not suffer by his side, and you need to turn him into your political pillar, you have to control him, not to become a boudoir resentful woman, you have to establish your own power in the Yinguo court, if you really don't like this third prince of Chu, when the time is right, you can kill him. It's easier to kill someone in bed than under it, don't you?"

The girl's eyes were dull, her face was pale, and Xie Zuo froze: "Did I mean it too far away? It doesn't matter, you go to him first, and someone will teach you these things at that time." ”

A line of tears slowly slipped down her cheeks, no one cared about her all these years, she also accepted her fate, but now they still want to squeeze her last value as a woman, her dreams, her body, her everything, before the so-called national events, she doesn't owe anything to those people, why should she do it herself!

"If I don't go, I won't kill anyone...... I...... I don't want your jade ring anymore, you can go. ”

"Weiwei, you think about it. Xie Zuo also looked at her a little anxiously, Ye shook his head slightly, and stuffed the jade ring he gave him into his hand, his eyes were stubborn.

A clear sound of slamming the door came from behind him, Xie Zuo's eyes were horizontal, and he whispered, "Who?"

"Lord Xie Zuo, His Majesty the Emperor wants you to take Weiwei to his dormitory. Several of the attendants straightened up outside the door, their men.

"I know, Weiwei your father wants to see you, don't be bitter, I'll go with you, just take it as a New Year's greeting to your father. He stood up and looked at the panicked girl.

"I ...... I don't want to. She shook her head desperately, but Xie Zuo hugged her into his arms and said softly: "Just for me, can you?" Go and see him, no matter what he says, I will be on your side." ”

He stuffed the jade ring into her hand and helped her hold it tightly, the warm breath on Xie Zuo's body rushed to her, she was almost soft in his arms, she looked at the man's face, and her heart was like a deer, for a long time, Xie Zuo heard the girl in his arms sigh lowly.

"Good...... I'll go, and I'll change into something pretty. ”