After asking Shi Caiying, Cao Miao learned that Xianbei people are actually a very broad concept, not a race.

Theoretically, so people on the grassland can call themselves Xianbei people. Different species are divided into races, and they are not very strict, but there are some unique customs, not absolutely. Intermarriage between different races is also common, and mixing is almost inevitable.

The Jiankun species is characterized by reddish hair and blue eyes. They were originally a branch of the Xiongnu, and later the Xiongnu declined, and they became a branch of Xianbei, and most of the tribes lived in the Beihai area. Many Jiankun people claim to be descendants of Li Ling, and they do inherit some of Li Ling's old skills, such as swordsmanship and assassination.

There is a gathering place for swordsmen and assassins in Fuyu, called Changshengtang. The reason for this name is because the people who can teach apprentices in the hall are all swordsmen and assassins who have been on the battlefield for a long time and have rich practical experience, and most of the people who teach them are the experience they have accumulated in their lives, and they are very famous, but they are too far away from the Central Plains and not many people know about them.

However, the assassins of the Immortal Hall were not uncommon in the Central Plains, and many assassinations were related to the assassins of the Immortal Hall.

"Someone has his eye on the prince." Shi Caiying said: "So I gathered my most trusted sisters to protect the prince closely. ”

"How did you get to Princess Qinghe's mansion?"

Xiahou Mao secretly spent money to buy four orchids and raised them outside. I revealed the news to Princess Qinghe, and Princess Qinghe was angry and asked Xiahou Mao to ask for the guilt, and Xiahou Mao said that it was to be given to the prince, and Princess Qinghe forced him to send it immediately. We took this opportunity to replace the four orchids and enter the palace in a proper manner. ”

Shi Caiying smiled: "Anyway, in the eyes of you Han people, we all look similar." Even if Xiahou Mao sees it himself, he may not recognize it. ”

Cao Miao also smiled. "Even if they look the same, there is a difference between good-looking and bad-looking. Those four are as beautiful as you? ”

The smile on Shi Caiying's face faded. "Does the prince have any ideas?"

"The more cover, the safer it is, of course. Those four people are outside, who can guarantee that they won't leak their mouths? Besides, they have no foundation in Luoyang, they are still sold and sold, and it is better to be in my house than in other people's houses. ”

Shi Caiying thought about it, felt justified, and promised to gather the four people tomorrow and enter the mansion in other ways. "You'll need to prepare a little more money, we're very expensive." Shi Caiying crooked the corners of her mouth. "Four people, at least 100 gold."

"So expensive?" Cao Miao smacked her lips. When he was in Chenliu, he asked the price of a maidservant, and under normal circumstances, a young orchid who can sing and dance is only about ten gold, and an ordinary maid only has two or three gold, or even only a few thousand. Four people and 100 gold, this price is too high, shouldn't the package price be cheaper?

Shi Caiying was not interested in arguing with Cao Miao, and turned around to leave.

Cao Miao asked again: "What will I call you in the future, Shi Caiying or Miaoqin?" ”

"Call me Miaoqin. Except for you, no one knows my Chinese name. ”

Cao Miao nodded.

Shi Caiying stopped at the door for a moment, and when she saw that Cao Miao was distracted by herself and didn't mean to keep her, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, turned around and went out.

Although Cao Miao didn't read the poem Caiying, he understood the meaning of the poem.

Her own thoughts are still uncertain, but the three of Xuanqi are prepared to dedicate themselves. After all, the news that the Yongqiu Mansion wants to buy an orchid for the eldest prince is not secret, and whether the orchid is an assassin or not, the body is the capital, and there is no such thing as selling art or not selling oneself.

He is not a gentleman who guards like jade, and with four orchids with such a hot body in front of him, there is no problem in relaxing.

But he's not in the mood right now. Shi Caiying said that someone was eyeing him, who is this person?

Shi Caiying didn't say who it was, maybe it wasn't clear and needed to be traced, maybe it was because he wanted to sell it and see what he was capable of. In troubled times, not only the monarch chooses the minister, but the minister also chooses the king. The same goes for the Assassins. Always shop around and sell to a powerful one.

But he's not in a hurry. What if you keep an eye on me? Unless you send an army, no one can do anything to me. Even without the four of Shi Caiying, he has enough self-protection ability.

When it comes to assassination, you're all younger brothers.

The four of them came just in time, and they will have sparring partners to practice group battles in the future. Although Ah Hu has made rapid progress, he is only one person after all.

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Early the next morning, Cao Miao got up for morning exercises, formally met with the four orchids, and watched them practice their skills.

The four are one, and there are different emphasis. Knowing books and picturesque main attacks are close-quarters, and hidden weapons are auxiliary. Xuanqi mainly attacks hidden weapons, and is weak at close range. The most comprehensive martial arts is still the poetry of the shadow of the wonderful sound, her strings can be hidden in the sleeve, can also be wrapped around the wrist, is a sharp weapon for the neck, can also be tied to two small copper hammers for meteors.

After all, they are professional, and their training is relatively comprehensive, with no obvious shortcomings.

Of course, in terms of physical fitness, they are still a little far from the modern scientific training system that Cao Miao knows. Shi Caiying obviously knew this, and hoped that Cao Miao could give them some guidance and let them go further, especially in the frontal attack.

They learned the way of the Assassins, and were adept at surprise attacks, and were slightly inferior to face-to-face attacks.

After Cao Miao read it, he decided to pass on the short knife fighting technique commonly used by special forces in the book and the picturesque two-trick special forces. They originally used short knives, which have a foundation, and they can be lifted quickly, and it is easy to see the effect.

Sure enough, after a little practice, he mastered the usage, and also understood the wonders, and smiled happily, surrounded Cao Miao with a left and a right, and begged softly, hoping that Cao Miao would teach two more tricks.

Qingtao couldn't stand it, and took the initiative to say: "Prince, otherwise, I'll teach them two styles." ”

Cao Miao couldn't help but smile and nodded. Green peach is fifteen this year and sixteen next year. They originally had skin to skin, and now they have a common mission, and the position of the first confidant is firmly seated, and the four orchids don't know what to do, and if they want to usurp the throne, of course she has to give them a little color to see.

"You can have a discussion with Miaoqin, teach her a few hand-to-hand fights, and ask her how to use the double knife."

"Whoa." Qingtao turned around and bowed to Shi Caiying.

Shi Caiying was a little surprised. She secretly watched Cao Miao for a long time, and knew that Qingtao practiced hand-to-hand combat, but she didn't see Cao Miao teach Qingtao double knife, how could she listen to Cao Miao's words, Qingtao can also double knife?

Her interest increased greatly, and she went to the courtyard to fight Qingtao. The two tried hand-to-hand combat first, Qingtao's hands or fists or palms, one in front and one behind, the movement was not large, but the reaction was extremely fast. Shi Caiying didn't take it seriously at first, and took a few hits in succession, and then she cheered up and competed with Qingtao. But even if she went all out, she only forced Qingtao to keep retreating, but it was not easy to knock down Qingtao.

"What kind of martial art is this?" Poetry images are seen beautiful jewelry. "Can you teach me?"

"It's nothing, a few tricks passed by the prince casually, I didn't practice well." Qingtao said lightly. "If you like it, I'll teach you two tricks."