He Mulan tossed and turned and found Tuoba Tao again, which made Tuoba Tao and Su Hejun, who knew the inside story, laugh half to death. Xianbei people's marriage was originally free, and now it is affected by the Wei and Jin dynasties, in addition to the five surnamed women are still expensive, many Xianbei people and Han people marry daughters more to see "talent".

is the daughter's family herself, who also looks at the hero.

In this era of turmoil for hundreds of years, whether a man's genes are strong enough determines whether the family can continue, and the tragedy of many women being widows determines that everyone wants to marry the strong man who can live to the end, and Mulan happened to enter their eyes on the day when he needed to get married.

From this point of view, He Mulan was right to complain that Tuoba Tao had almost made her home, because if Tuoba Tao hadn't chosen a concubine, everyone would not have been in such a hurry.

If too many people pay attention to He Mulan, they will definitely probe her preferences and background, and it will be easy for her identity to be exposed.

However, after a few days, the dense crowd in front of the General's Mansion was indeed reduced by more than half.

The first reason is that Tuoba Tao ordered an early draft, and now it is the first month of April, and the palace issued an edict that as soon as the spring festival of the Cold Food Festival on the fourth day of April passes, all parties will send their daughters to participate in the election, and during this period, all marriages suitable for marriage families will be suspended.

It is precisely because of this that many people dare not risk such a big taboo to slap the emperor's face, plus the "election" is a major event, Tuoba Tao has not selected a new concubine to enter the palace for many years, and he must prepare well, and he can no longer care about visiting the Hua family.

The second reason is that the news from the palace seems to have the meaning of Princess Hua Mulan. Several of the younger sisters of Tuoba Tao in the palace have reached marriageable age, and now except for Song and Beiliang, there are no princes of any country who are suitable for harmony, so they can only be digested internally.

The status of the Xianbei woman is very high, so even if the princess is still up, the concubine can still be an official, lead the army, and participate in politics, and even the princess can get the family property of the concubine, and then return to the clan, and if there is no legitimate child, an heir can be appointed to inherit the family business, no matter what, it is not a loss.

This caused the princesses of the Northern Wei Dynasty to be very noble, the princesses were hard to find, and there were few conflicts between husband and wife when they married home. The princess of Wei is not pampered, at least all of Tuoba Tao's sisters have to weave, make wine, and learn to cook in the palace.

At this moment, He Mullan changed from the status of "East Bed Quick Son-in-law" to "competitor". Who in the Xianbei clan doesn't want to give a princess to their children now? As long as you marry a princess, even if you have no children in the family, you will not be robbed of your title because of the loss of inheritance, as long as you find another nephew in the family to be the heir of the princess.

This is how Wang Jin became the king of Huainan.

He Mulan naturally didn't know that there was news in the palace that she wanted Princess Shang Yunyun, but she thought that Tuoba Tao had advanced the day of the election in order to block the knife for him, and she was only grateful to Tear Zero.

As for those families who still come to hang out often, either the status of the daughters in the family is not enough to run for election, or they are not well-informed enough to know the news of the princess in the palace, and such families are usually not prominent enough, and Hermulan alone is enough to deal with it.

Once the General's Mansion was idle, it became a little uncomfortable for the Yuan family.

When she was in the countryside, she still didn't have to go to the fields, feed the pigs, grow vegetables, and sew, but when she got here, Rouran did everything, but she was lined up like a good-for-nothing old lady.

Recently, she has been wondering whether to open up the deserted idle land behind her to grow vegetables or something.

Probably because Yuan felt guilty about his daughter, he had been greeting He Mulan for a long time, cooking three meals a day, and she also began to sew He Mulan's clothes and shoes.

Although He Mulan repeatedly said that his clothes were enough to wear ready-to-wear, because He Mulan's shoes were difficult to buy, and Yuan did not allow He Mulan to wear intimate clothes that might be worn in the ready-to-wear store, these still fell on her.

Father Hua was still silent when he was in the countryside, but it could be seen that he was very happy that there were countless soldiers coming and going in the General's Mansion every day. He is a person who has been in the army, and he is more willing to deal with people who have been soldiers, and every day when he has nothing to do, he goes to the armory room to move all the weapons of Huafu out and wipe them for maintenance.

This is a big project, and the weapons that He Mullan got were either gifts from friends or rewards from above, and many of them were not remembered by himself, but Father Hua treated them as if they would be used after all, which attracted many tiger soldiers who came to the general's mansion to ask for a lot from him.

Hua Mutuo's courage is indeed very small, but this child is very careful. He Mulan felt very guilty about this—she hadn't noticed that Hua Mutuo was very fond of reading.

For this young and thin child in the family, who is not very outgoing, like a flower father, He Mulan's feelings are very complicated. She still remembers that Hua Mutuo has always wanted to have a few more children so that she can pass on the matter of retirement to the end of her life.

After discussing with the father and mother of the flower, He Mulan decided to ask Su Hejun to recommend a reliable gentleman in his spare time to send the flower and wood to study.

He was afraid of the dead and the battlefield, but this did not prevent him from learning knowledge and pursuing his ideals. He is only a teenager now, and he still has a long way to go in life, who knows where he will come out in the future?

Until then, let him know what he wants.

Because April 4 is the spring festival, it is necessary to go out of Beijing to worship the temple altars in the southeast, northwest and northwest, as well as the twenty-four military halls around Pingcheng, He Mulan, as the general of the Tiger Ben Army who guards the emperor, followed Tuoba Tao to sacrifice for three whole days, and when he came back, he had a layer of skin off his tired shoulders.

In order to maintain the majesty of the emperor's guard of honor, she wore the bright light armor of the night for three days, this kind of heavy full-body armor is naturally not a burden for He Mulan, but the spring shirt is thin, and she is either on a horse or walking for three days, and the whole armor is stuffy and easy to rub the skin, especially the animalistic swallow with the shoulder as a decoration.

Not only He Mulan, but Di Yefei, Na Luohun and other generals who need to wear full armor are uncomfortable, but these days, the ordinary soldiers are a little looser, and the leather armor is at least soft enough.

On this day, the palace finally began to be busy with the election, He Mulan finally got free, took leave to stay at home, let the Yuan family medicine his shoulder, and suddenly the servants passed the word, saying that a noble person came from outside to visit, and the honor guard and carriage were very prominent, and asked if he wanted to open the door to greet him.

Huan Gate is the middle gate, also called the Yi Gate, not a guest or a decree, generally not open casually.

He Mulan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly put on his clothes casually and went out to see the prayer post.

"Ouch Mulan, get dressed! Dress tightly, don't go out of the way! Seeing that his daughter casually swept her sleeves, Yuan hurriedly chased after her.

There were many abscesses in the spring wounds, and Yuan was very worried when he saw his daughter suffering.

He Mulan took the post and looked at it indifferently, and his face suddenly changed.

"Why is he here!"

Yuan is also literate, stretched out his head to look, and saw Yunyun with "Pingyuan Gong/Helian Ding" written on his head, and immediately frowned and muttered: "Helian Ding? Why is this name so familiar? Helian, Helian? Is it the surname of the king of some place? ”

Where does He Mulan dare to rub here, this "coquette" is even Tuoba Tao has to be polite, and where to go to the role of the whole family!

While Yuan was still muttering, He Mulan had already loudly ordered all the servants to prepare to welcome the guests, not only to open the middle door, but also to sweep along the way. The name of the general's mansion is called "Mansion", in fact, the furnishings are very simple, and most of the furnishings are picked up by the young people who came to admire it at that time.

Yuan watched her daughter get dressed at an astonishing speed, and quickly took off the neat coat hanging from the hanger and put it on, so she had to help her tie her belt and put on her shoes, while babbling and saying, "A great character? Hey, I don't know what you said, anyway, every time I come, I don't know one, and I won't hold you back, so I'll be satisfied with helping you do housework......"

She smoothed the placket on her daughter's chest, looked left and right to see the indescribable heroism, and couldn't help sighing: "No matter how young my mother is, I can't say that I will be impressed by you." However, the most uncomfortable thing in the world is the grace of beauty, you can't be interested in others, you must pay attention to your behavior, and don't make any trouble. It turned out that the girl from the Lu Er family in Huaishuo Sifang hanged herself because she was rejected by Lang Jun next door......"

He Mulan's hand that was holding his hair suddenly stiffened, and he turned his head in disbelief: "Won't it?" Many of these girls have never even been seen before, how can they be dead or alive! ”

After a pause, He Mulan realized what Yuan was talking about, and said with a smile: "This noble person who came to visit is not necessarily here to ask for a kiss. His son even called me Uncle Hua......"

Yuan squeezed out a smile: "It's okay if it's not." Girl Huaichun, if you don't think about it much, it doesn't mean that others don't think about it...... Oh, I wish you were pregnant with spring, it's better than me worrying all day long. Why don't you kid go back to the field! ”

As soon as he talked about this topic again and again, He Mulan didn't dare to talk about it anymore, so he hurriedly used "I want to see a guest" perfunctory, and strode to the front door.

Yuan never delayed his daughter's business, until her tall figure disappeared, and then he let out a long sigh.

"With such a flowery wealth, why am I so frightened when I look at it. Where is the life of a noble old lady so good......"

"Mulan, Mulan, rich, rich...... We gave the kid the wrong name. You should just ask for peace. ”

***

He Mulan greeted General Huwei's mansion, and Changping Fang had already run out of a bunch of dignitaries and nobles to watch the excitement.

Helian lives in the West Palace of His Majesty, and rarely goes out of the palace on weekdays, even if he goes out of the palace, he is accompanied by internal officials.

He Mulan knew that Helian Ding's patience was not very good, and as soon as he received the news, he came out to welcome him in, even so, because the general's mansion changed by the old marquis's mansion occupied too much area, even if He Mulan did not delay at all, when Helian Ding, who was noisy, into the front hall, it had already been half an hour.

Helian Ding didn't seem to have seen such a "strong outsider" general's mansion, and he began to laugh as soon as he stepped into the door.

"General Hua, I have never seen anyone's four-hour flowers planted together so messily, I see that your few doormen, only a little bit of Xianbei dialect, Xiongnu dialect, Han dialect do not understand, really want to come to a Han official, is it difficult to freeze at the door?"

He was born as a real emperor, and He Mulan was a child of a military family, and he didn't feel offended when he heard the words, but just smiled freely:

It really made Hirahara Gongjian laugh. I didn't plant those flowers, when I opened the house, all the families came to congratulate, you sent a little, he sent a little, and they were all planted in the soil. As for what kind of flowers are planted and how to raise them, I don't know anything. As for the servants in my house, all of them were death camp slaves that I saved during the Rouran campaign, and the time with me was still short, and the Xianbei words were not very good, but they were only loyal to me. ”

He Mulan led Helian Ding through the more depressed flower door, and directly led him into the front hall, there were fewer furnishings in the front hall, only a few silk paintings on the wall, all of them were treasures, all of them were the handiwork of famous masters in the Han Dynasty, Helian Ding was also very deep in Sinology, and when he saw a few rare silk paintings, he immediately moved to appreciate it for a while, and then nodded.

"Although the front hall is simple, these words and paintings are worth many treasures."

"Huh? Are these calligraphy and paintings good? He Mulan was stunned, "When I opened the mansion, the king of Yingchuan gave it, and he said that he had no preference for Han calligraphy and painting, so he simply sent me to hang it on the wall to cover his ugliness." Actually, I don't know much about it, so I just hung it all up. ”

Helian Ding smiled, pointed to a pair of words and said: "The backbone is deep, refreshing and powerful, this is Cai Yong's flying white!" Even if it is not an authentic handiwork, with such a pen power, it must be the copy of which master in the Han Dynasty, you hang in this corner, probably really don't know. ”

He Mulan blushed.

"Thanks to Helian Gong's guidance, otherwise I would ......"

Of course she knows Cai Yong, but this character is not signed, only a seal, and it is not Cai Yong or Cai Yong's words, and she doesn't love calligraphy and painting, who will study this.

Helian Ding swept through a few calligraphy and paintings one by one, and pointed out to her which ones were everyone's works, where they should be hung, and which ones were just treasures that could be slightly embellished.

Only then did He Mulan suddenly realize why many of the people who came to visit a few days ago wanted to stop talking when they left, and some acquaintances and friends stood in front of these calligraphy and paintings for a long time but did not dare to speak......

It turned out that these calligraphy and paintings came from an extraordinary background, but no one dared to tell her, because they had to take care of her face and were worried that she would be embarrassed after making a fool of herself.

But her reputation of "not learning and not knowing" has probably spread.

Fortunately, she has the reputation of being a "martial artist", and she doesn't care whether her reputation is good or not, otherwise she will definitely die of chagrin now.

Helian Ding saw that He Mulan was only a little embarrassed but had no other feelings, and he also admired her heart in his heart.

He had some contradictions with her because of the fainting of Hemulan Hot Spring, and he was rescued by her apprentices at that time, and he owed them money, so his attitude was a little unnatural.

But after getting acquainted with each other, he returned to Beijing, and saw her way of behaving in the world and acting in style, especially the various arrangements for the slaughter and the people in distress, which made him feel that this young man was rare and not arrogant, neither arrogant, nor arrogant, and was a person with great prospects.

A few days ago, Tuoba Tao affirmed in his heart the "policy of enriching the country", so he will definitely make a big move next, and the future of such a military general will be even brighter at this time.

Helian Ding is a person who values heroes and loves heroes, so he got up today, greeted Tuoba Tao, and came to visit Hemulan.

I came to visit her not for anything else, but for ......

Helian Ding saw He Mulan kneeling there, although he was not handsome, but he had a unique Zhilan Yushu and outstanding temperament, and his previous intention was even more certain, and he gave three high-fives at the moment, and signaled to the guards behind him.

The guard confessed and walked out, and in Hemulan's inexplicable eyes, he ordered a group of soldiers to carry a few boxes in.

Helianding stood up, stepped over to the boxes, and opened them one by one.

I saw that these boxes contained gold, silver and jade, ancient treasures, and divine blades. Although He Mulan didn't know the goods, she also saw a lot of them, and the artifacts in it were enough to make the comrades in the army break their heads, and they were shocked at the moment and said: "Helian Gong, what are you doing!" ”

Helian Ding leaned over and picked up a short knife from a box, the gems on the scabbard were shining, and he pulled the knife out of the sheath, only to feel the chill, the blade was covered with various patterns, like flowing water, and it was a stainless steel dagger from the Western Regions.

There is a city-state in the extreme west, which belongs to the Great Qin State in the Western Regions, called "Damascus", and is especially good at making knives. Since the severance of the trade route in the Western Regions, this item has become even rarer.

He Mulan was a forensic doctor, and he knew all kinds of knives well, and there was even a knife like this at home, which cost her several months' salary, and immediately exclaimed: "□□! ”

Among them, the words "Damascus" are simply the original pronunciation, which is absolutely different from the accent of the Xianbei people translating Hu Wen at this time.

Helian Ding's conquest of Western Qin, the biggest harvest is that he found a lot of treasure knives from the Western Regions in the treasury of Western Qin, and he didn't get much of it, except for the one dedicated to Tuoba Tao, all the rest of the fine products are here.

It is people who want their treasures to be recognized by others in one bite, so that the pearl will not be covered with dust, Helian Ding heard that He Mulan did not know Cai Yong's true works, but he could tell the origin of the treasure knife in one mouth, so that even the pronunciation of the name of the city was not wrong, and he immediately laughed heartily:

"The general is such a wonderful man! But if a military general can be like a general, why not be superior in martial arts? Yes, this is a treasure knife sold to Western Qin by Great Qin merchants, with short hair and no curls for killing. ”

He Mulan was not a man, and she exclaimed in amazement without the crazy love of men for weapons and BMWs, but she was just surprised that in the fourth century, the Northern Wei Dynasty would be able to see the magic weapons produced in Damascus under Roman rule at that time.

After the surprise in his heart subsided, He Mulan returned to his original calm, but he was a little curious about these knives.

Helian Ding fought all his life, and he didn't know how much to conquer the city, he had seen someone kill each other for the treasure, and he had also seen someone turn against each other for a god horse brother, such a treasure knife, if it fell into the people, but it could make the family ruin in an instant, but He Mulan, who knew its benefits, just looked at it curiously and then withdrew his gaze, which couldn't help but make Helian Ding feel sorry in his heart.

But if he is a man of ambition or a man who loves knives, what he has asked for today will be done. And now, he was not sure.

Compared with the princess of Tuoba Xianbei, his wealth may not be moving.

"It is indeed a good knife, a famous general like Helian Gong, it is just right to use such a treasure knife. I was satisfied to see them. He Mulan asked straight to the point: "I just don't know what the general brought so many strange treasures to my mansion for?" ”

Seeing that He Mullan no longer looked at the knife, Helian couldn't help but return the knife to the sheath and threw it into the box. After the sound of "bang", Helian Ding said unhurriedly:

"I'm here to ask for a kiss."

"Huh?"

He Mulan was dumbfounded.

'But don't you already have your majesty?!' ’

He Mulan, who almost roared like this, suppressed the urge to blurt out, swallowed his saliva and said: "Helian Gong, I don't understand what you mean......"

She pointed at him, then at herself, and smiled bitterly with her conscience: "I'm a man, don't you see?" ”

For a moment, she even thought that her majesty, who was often off the line, had told him of her identity.

But she soon learned it was impossible. Because Tuoba Tao wants to use her, he will help her isolate the danger of a qiē, including Helian Ding, who may have a heart of recurrence at any time.

Helian Ding was also stunned, and after a while, he understood what He Mulan was talking about, and couldn't help but explain with a smile: "No, no, it's not me who came to ask you for a kiss...... You are really, what man would ask General Hua for a kiss! You've sent so many people away before......"

He smiled and slowly spoke: "There is a younger sister in my father's family, she has reached the age of marriage, she has studied poetry and books since she was a child, and is proficient in the languages ......of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Lu Shuihu, Han, Qiang and other ethnic groups, can drum, can make clothes, has a beautiful appearance, good figure, and the most important thing is that she has been in love with the general for a long time."

Helian Ding looked at He Mulan's dumbfounded expression, and felt a little unhappy in his heart.

He was sure that even if he said these words to Tuoba Tao today, Tuoba Tao would only be ecstatic, and he would never have an expression of the sky falling and seeing hell in the day.

"I ......"

"General Hua, you don't have to be in a hurry to make a statement. The sons and daughters of my Helian family are all looking for their own future, but they will not treat their daughters badly. If you are willing to marry Mingzhu, these chests of treasures are only part of the dowry. ”

Helian Ding stared at He Mulan tightly, and said: "If you think there will be anything wrong with marrying Mingzhu, you might as well tell me bluntly, as long as I, Helian Ding, can do it, I will definitely settle it for you one by one." ”

Whether it's a princess, a clan, or a nobleman......

When he is hot now, he dares to offend.

He Mulan knew that Helian Ding was a stubborn and scoundrel, and it seemed that the royal families of all countries were this virtue, and the old prince of Nanliang was also like this, and every time she was embarrassed, she would give some precious gifts to make amends.

can be so bright and dangling to the house to force relatives, and it is Helian Mingzhu, who can be called a friend......

nnd！

How to refuse this!

He Mulan scratched his ears and cheeks, and when he saw Helian Ding pursed his lips tightly, he had an expression of "If you dare to look down on me, I will roll up a bloody storm", and he couldn't help but have an idea!

"But Your Majesty has long been in love with Princess Mingzhu, and she is already crazy about it!"

I'm sorry for it......

Helian Ding didn't dare to offend, looking left and right is only you, anyway, it's good that the meaning is there, right?

It's too tactful, this thing won't go!

Hermulan burst into tears.

You can carry the pot for me again!

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Tuoba Tao (surprised): What did you say? Helian Ding carried the box out to recruit his sister? Hurry up, hurry up, chase it!

Su Hejun (Mu Ran): Then I went to the Mulan Mansion.

Tuobatao: (hilarious) 23333, \(^o^)/ ~ tell that person to come back quickly! Come back, hahahahaha!

Helianding: (stinky face) I know my sister is loved by everyone, so you can't be crazy about love?

Muller: ...... Tears in his eyes