The morning fog in the mountains was abundant, hidden in the mud and air, which attacked the nerves of the people and brought a burst of coolness, the men got up early and began to exercise energetically, and the barracks began the day's noise as usual, and the shouts were orderly spread through the valley to break the silence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhao Heqiao was woken up by the noise outside the tent, and she got up sleepily and walked outside.

A group of children were playing, they were brought out of the hidden village and were now accustomed to life in the barracks. The child who took the lead and stayed in the barracks for the longest time naturally became their child king, leading them to play various games from time to time, and in his own words, training their reflexes.

This little ghost!

Zhao Hecai is also among them, which is rightfully so, because this is where she can find fun after coming to the barracks. Several boys inside will occasionally be embarrassed when they look at her, especially Meng Wu, who is the same age as Zhao Hecai, who will blush so much that he can't speak, making Xiao Shuai joke narrowly: "I miss my daughter-in-law before my hair grows!" ”

These words were harsh, and the thin-skinned Meng Wu's head hung even lower. Zhao Hecai couldn't see it, Meng Wu was the most polite in it, so he was very pleasing to him, and saw Xiao Shuai bullying people so much, so he immediately pushed Xiao Shuai away, and said with a pout: "What nonsense, you didn't open your hair!" ”

It stands to reason that Zhao Hecai should have known him for a long time, how can he help others, Xiaoshuai felt very uncomfortable, rolled his eyes, and then smiled evilly: "Yes, have you seen it?" ”

"Rogues!" Zhao Hecai blushed for a while, and the strength in his hands also increased, pushing Xiaoshuai to the ground.

"You!" Xiao Shuai stood up and prepared to curse.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Heqiao yawned, and his eyes were still hazy.

"Sister Buckwheat!" Xiao Shuai immediately put on a smiling face, rubbed in front of her and said, "We are playing blind and fishing." ”

Zhao Heqiao sobered up a little and played, "You tell me about the rules." "The implication is that I want to join.

Zhao Hecai looked at the usually quiet Sixth Emperor Sister in surprise that she was interested in this.

Xiao Shuai saw Zhao Heqiao's serious pursuit of knowledge, and said with pride: "Let's guess the boxing first, and the loser will be blindfolded to find someone else." ”

Zhao Heqiao nodded, "Then can we start?" ”

"Of course!" As soon as Xiao Shuai said this, other friends also surrounded him.

After a few rounds of guessing, it turned out to be Zhao Heqiao who lost.

The corners of Xiao Shuai's mouth twitched slightly, and she secretly said why her luck was so bad, "Sister Buckwheat is just not familiar with the game, so I'll demonstrate it first." ”

Zhao Hecai was the first to object, "No, Xiaoshuai finds someone every time he finds someone, it's so boring!" ”

Xiao Shuai glared at her, that's your sister, why don't you maintain it! Where can Zhao Hecai understand his eyes, as a matter of course.

Zhao Heqiao smiled: "It's better for me to come, it doesn't look difficult." ”

"Uh...... All right. ”

After the game, Zhao Heqiao realized that she was thinking too simply, these children used their voices too well, and it was useless for her to pay attention to the movements.

After missing a goal, she suddenly slowed down, she listened to the laughter around her, and knew that there were about three or four people who were "provoking", she continued to walk forward, and did a few exploration movements forward, suddenly squatted down and dodged to the side, the outstretched foot felt like something had tripped, she smiled when she heard the sound of snorting, and threw herself in that direction, accidentally hit a hard object under her feet, her body lost her balance and fell forward, her brain shook, and she felt that she was being held.

She took off her blindfold and looked up to see Zheng Zexin's sharpened chin.

He straightened the hair that was messing up her face, "Tired, go and rest." ”

Zhao Heqiao nodded and let him lead her away.

Xiao Shuai pursed his lips, pulled up the Mengshu who had flashed to the side just now, and then said to everyone, "Let's continue to play." ”

So the group of people continued to frolic around.

Zheng Zexin helped Zhao Heqiao prepare washing water, handed her a cloth towel, watched her wipe her face and rinse her mouth and put her in a fur, and said seriously: "You have to pay attention to the cold, it's not good to be sick." ”

She nodded obediently, and then sat in front of the basin to comb her hair, Zheng Zexin saw that her hands were not skillful, so he took the comb and combed it vigorously, paying attention not to pull her scalp. She didn't let him move, and then she felt him put his hair in a bun for herself, and she couldn't help but be surprised.

"Would you do this?"

Zheng Ze was stunned, this was because Xu Ruowan often cried out because of the carelessness of the maid in the previous life, so he specially went to learn. Of course, it is impossible for him to tell the truth to Zhao Heqiao.

"When my biological mother was alive, I often coiled her hair."

"At that time, you were less than ten years old," Zhao Heqiao looked at the coiled hair from the water and praised, "I didn't expect you to have such a talent." ”

He smiled without saying a word, and finally took out the wooden hairpin he had made last night from his arms and inserted it in her hair.

Zhao Heqiao stroked it lightly, feeling its lines, and was very surprised, "This is for me?" ”

"It's rough, please don't mind, princess."

Zhao Heqiao stood up and looked at him, smiling like a flower, "How come, I like it very much!" ”

Zheng Zexin's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he lowered his head to hide his panic.

Zhao Heqiao happily went to find Han Feiyan.

Hearing her talk about the bun and hairpin, Han Feiyan smiled and smiled.

After Zhao Heqiao waited for Zheng Zexin to finish his work, he took out a booklet and handed it to him.

"Zexin, look."

"What is this?"

"My brother has collected a list of households with more men who are closer to Cangmu Camp."

"Your Highness the Fifth wants me to recruit men from these families?" Zheng Zexin opened the booklet, and the information of each household on it was very specific.

"Yes, in the name of the Cangmu Battalion."

"But will this alarm the emperor's side."

"So we're going to make a big drop," she said, pulling out another booklet, "This has the names of all the soldiers in the Aomu Battalion, and we're going to make a plague and circle most of the names on it." ”

The circle means death.

"And what to do with them after that?"

"They are still in the Cangmu camp, but they have changed their identities." Zhao Heqiao thought for a while, "Originally, I wanted you to find another piece of land to secretly set up camp, but after seeing the hidden village, I thought I could open up another piece of land in that place, and the nearby mountains were very good, so I did a good job of covering." ”

"You mean, those newly recruited soldiers are in the new camp?" It turned out that Zhao Heqiao had to go to Yinhu Village from time to time these days to scout the terrain.

"Exactly."

"Will the emperor agree to let us recruit soldiers, the original soldiers of the Cangmu Battalion have been greatly reduced, doesn't he have a reason to abolish the Cangmu Battalion?"

"He'll agree, as long as these new recruits aren't very good. As I said, if the Cangmu camp is abolished, it will inevitably have to rectify other camps, and the effort spent is not a while, and the Cangmu camp itself has won the hearts of some people, if it is abolished because of a large casualty, it is really difficult to make sense. ”

Zheng Zexin nodded in understanding, what Zhao Heqiao meant was that they would do tricks in the list of new soldiers after they were recruited, and let those old soldiers who faked their deaths take their place, and all the new soldiers were placed in the new camp, which not only concealed the emperor, but also really expanded the number of people.

"Okay, I'll arrange for everyone to start digging the ground."

As soon as the construction started, the people of the Cangmu Camp and the Hidden Village suspended training and other things at hand, and they all started to move. Zhang Hei and they prepared some explosives to blast a piece of land across the hill of Yinhu Village, everyone carried stones every day, and they didn't dare to slack off for a moment, although the weather is very cold now, and their hands and feet are not as sharp as normal, but if they don't want to delay, they must hurry up and vacate the vacant land before the big cold.

During this period, Zheng Zexin and Zhao Heqiao went to visit the more famous local families on the list, they expressed their intention at first, and more or less attracted rejection, and after many negotiations, they finally got their support, helped gather all the men on the list to communicate, and finally reached a consensus. They identified the stakes so that they understood who they were going to do in the future, and gave them enough time to think about it and then move on to the next place to solicit inquiries when they got a response. This was repeated repeatedly, and by the time the site of the new camp was almost ready, the list in hand was almost finalized.

In this way, a month passed quickly, and Zhao Heqiao stayed long enough, and she received a reminder letter from Zhao Heqing again on this day. Zheng Zexin also persuaded her several times, she always shook her head, and finally relented: "Give me two more days." ”

On the night before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhao Heqiao asked Han Feiyan: "How do you usually celebrate your birthday?" ”

"Why do you suddenly ask this? We people generally have to eat longevity noodles and longevity bags, and some relatives and friends will give some gifts, and the closer the gifts, the more meaningful they are. ”

"What do you usually give?"

"How to say this, for example, if the other party likes to write, give him the book he likes...... In short, if you give the right gift to the other person's heart, the other party will be happy. ”

"I see."

"What do you usually send in the palace?"

"Jade calligraphy, gold and silver jewelry, everything, this should be in line with the other party's heart."

"That's true, but it's too simple for you, have you ever created a gift for someone else, even if it's you?"

Zhao Heqiao shook her head in confusion, "Cooking is also a gift?" ”

"Naturally! The gift is no longer important, but the heart of the giver. ”

Zhao Heqiao silently recited Han Feiyan's words, and suddenly realized, "Can you teach me how to make that longevity noodles and longevity buns?" ”

"No problem...... Anyway, whose day is coming? ”

Zhao Heqiao blinked, "It's not whose day is coming, it's just that I have never given Zexin a birthday gift, every time we spend time together, I always stagger that day, I know he doesn't care about himself, so I think that the Chinese New Year's Eve is the day when the family gets together, I want to send him something instead of his family, and help him make up for his birthday by the way." ”

"You really have a heart." Han Feiyan was a little moved by Zhao Heqiao's intentions. "I'll help you."

"What!" Xie Jump exclaimed when he heard this.

"What's all the fuss, isn't it just a solemn meal to make up for Zheng Yan's birthday?" Han Feiyan was surprised, "Who of you usually doesn't have a birthday?" ”

Xie Jumping scratched his head and looked at the other brothers, everyone looked insensitive to this day.

"We know the day of our birthday, and it's enough to drink alcohol, no matter how grand it is. But when it comes to Zheng Yan's days, we really haven't paid attention to them. ”

Han Feiyan shook her head, not wanting to comment on these careless men.

"On that day, all you have to do is drink and don't do anything superfluous."

Due to the difficulty of longevity noodles, Han Feiyan only taught Zhao He buckwheat shou bao, and after almost two days of practice, he finally had a good look.

On this day, Zheng Zexin came back from practice, saw a large number of good dishes on the table, pulled Xiaoshuai and asked, "What day is today?" ”

Xiao Shuai smirked twice, "Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Zheng Zexin nodded, just looking at the crowd's hesitant appearance, he felt that there were still some things, until everyone finally understood when they came to the table.

Xie Jian and more than a dozen others stood and raised the wine in their hands, and said solemnly: "Zheng Yan, you have been sixteen years old for two months, and the brothers have not congratulated you yet!" ”

Zheng Zexin was slightly stunned, he really didn't notice this, it turned out that he had this thought for everyone, he couldn't help but smile, raised the bowl in his hand and drank with them, everything was silent.

Everyone chatted about the past days while drinking wine, and sighed from time to time, everyone asked to drink a bowl of wine with Zheng Zexin alone, and after a while, Zheng Zexin's wine strength came up a little, and he borrowed a seat to take a breath nearby.

A burst of incense came out, and he turned around and saw Zhao Heqiao.

She put the things in her hand on the ground, pulled Zheng Zexin to sit down, opened the lid of the bowl, and presented a round and small birthday bag in front of him.

"Princess?" He was a little surprised.

"This will be different from the dumplings last time, this is my birthday gift to you, and it is also a New Year's gift."

Zheng Zexin picked one up and ate it into his mouth, "It's delicious." ”

Zhao Heqiao's eyebrows were crooked.

"You eat too." He picked one up and handed it to her mouth.

She took a bite and said a little proudly, "It's not a loss, I did it." ”

After eating the buns in her mouth, she pushed his hand away, and she said a little seriously: "I've already had dinner, I won't be able to eat it anymore, you have to eat it all." ”

Zheng Zexin looked at the bun in his hand that she had bitten into, hesitated for a moment and swallowed it in his mouth, his heart was a little hot, and he suddenly coughed.

"Choking, I'm going to get water!"

By the time Zhao Heqiao came back with water, Zheng Zexin had already eaten all the shoubao.

He took a few sips of water and said with a smile: "Thank you, I'm very happy today." ”

Zhao Heqiao sat next to him and looked up at the sky.

Zheng Zexin also quietly accompanied her to watch the stars in the sky.

Han Feiyan, who was not far away, smiled with satisfaction, just now she was about to bring Zheng Zexin out of that pile of people, but fortunately, some things are destined and do not need the hands of others.

Xie Jian and the others were already drunk, Han Feiyan carried Xiao Shuai back to the tent, and then took a blanket to Xie Jian, lay in his arms, and covered herself and him with a blanket.

There are no lantern stickers, no firecrackers, no wonderful performances, but there is a home-like warmth and sincere friendship among everyone.

Early the next morning, Zhao Heqiao and the others left, as hurriedly as they came, and they didn't greet anyone.

Zheng Zexin stood at the gate of the barracks and looked at their distant figures, and silently said: Take care.