Chapter 136: Return Gift
Xianchen walked into this post station, only to find that there was a hole in the post station.
The overall building of the post station integrates the cultural elements of the Ji Kingdom and the Wurong Kingdom, the overall outline outside the post station is the traditional courtyard of the Ji Kingdom, but the inside of the post station is a cave-like architectural style, and the ceiling, arcades, stairs, railings and cornices are carved with typical Wurong craftsmanship.
The architectural style of the Ujon Kingdom is somewhat like the modern Islamic architectural style, with exquisite carvings and beautiful expressions of the exotic style of the inn.
Xianchen followed the envoy Tuha through a nine-curved corridor to a small pavilion deep in the courtyard of this post station, where the prince of the Ujon kingdom was already waiting for her.
"Miss Slim Dust is very punctual." When the prince saw Xian Chen, he got up and greeted him, "Girl, please take a seat, this king has prepared the best grape wine of our Wurong country for the girl, and invite the girl to taste it together." ”
After the envoy Tuha led Xianchen to the small pavilion, he retreated with interest.
Today, the prince of the Ujung country wore a white traditional costume of the Ujung country, a navy blue long vest with gold trim on the outside, simple and noble, bronzed skin, more masculine, majestic figure straight and strong, carefully braided pigtails hung obediently behind him.
He is a proud prince but is respectful and polite to Xianchen, he deliberately restrained his eyes, wanting to take a more look at Xianchen, but he is interested in not looking more.
A woman like Xianchen is beyond his reach, and Prince Natar doesn't want Xianchen to misunderstand that he is a disciple, let alone offend her, and he is very satisfied to be friends with her in this life.
"The prince gave me such a valuable thing as the 'Ugin Feather Order', didn't he think to say something to me?" Xianchen asked straight to the point.
The prince of Natar hooked his lips and smiled, "The girl is really smart, it seems that she has guessed it by the girl, why don't you tell me what you have guessed?" ”
Xianchen played with the wine glass in his hand, looking at the red wine juice in the glass, and seemed to be smiling.
"In this marriage, you are going to the eighth princess Gu Ziyao, the three questions you have are tricky, especially the problem of the strange bottle, the bottle is not full of water at all, and you are sure that none of the ladies in Ji Guo can answer all your questions.
Therefore, you asked Emperor Ji Wu for a request before the banquet, if no one in the main hall that night can answer your three questions, Prince Na Tart can give the necklace of red agate carved roses that represents love to the girl he likes, and ask Emperor Ji Wu to give you a marriage, because Emperor Ji Wu promised you in advance, no matter who you give the necklace to, Emperor Ji Wu has to give you a marriage, right? ”
As if someone had seen through his thoughts, he smiled with three points of shyness and seven points of appreciation, he nodded and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
Xianchen continued, "If an accident happens, and a girl really gives you a satisfactory answer to your three questions, then this girl must not be stupid, she can be your right-hand man, and marry a girl who can assist you to go back, even if she is not a princess, it will not be a loss to you, right?" ”
"Hahaha......"
Prince Natar smiled heartily, "Miss Xianchen is really smart, but we never thought that Ji Guo still had someone as smart as the girl." ”
Prince Natar stood up and stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the sky outside the pavilion thoughtfully.
"The appearance of the girl surprised us, and it can be regarded as disturbing our game; But I know that the girl doesn't have the heart to answer the question, the girl has someone in her heart, and that person is His Royal Highness King Rui and not His Royal Highness King Xi, right? ”
The relationship between himself and Gu Ziyi was actually seen by Prince Natar, and Xianchen no longer concealed it, "Yes." She nodded calmly, "His Royal Highness King Xi and I are just friends. ”
There is a faint loss in the heart of the prince of Na Tart, and a little joy from the heart, Gu Ziyi, the king of Narui, is a real man with responsibility, and he is worthy of such a good girl to be entrusted for life.
Immediately, Prince Na Tart bowed to Xian Chen, "Na Tart wishes the girl and His Royal Highness King Rui a lover to eventually become married, and Na Tart also hopes that the girl can promote the marriage between me and the eighth princess." ”
Xian Chen glanced at the wine in his cup, shook the wine in the cup, and said in a poem: "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately." He raised his head and drank the wine in the cup, "Ziyao is my friend, I hope she is happy, there are some things I can't help you." ”
Prince Natar raised his glass and drank all the wine in the cup, "The more the wine is hidden, the more mellow it becomes, believe me, I will be good to her and make her happy, time will tell." ”
"Do you have her in your heart?" Xianchen asked.
This question stumped Prince Natar, who poured himself another glass of wine, raised his head and drank it, smiled bitterly, and immediately became serious.
He looked at Xian Chen, his eyes burning but sincere, "Last night, a woman actually broke into my heart; But I know that she doesn't belong to me, she is a flower in the mirror for me, the moon in the water, can only become a ray of white moonlight in my heart, and Gu Ziyao is different, she is a real person I can see and touch, and she is a girl who can really live in my heart, believe me, there will be a place for her in my heart. ”
Xianchen was very calm, and did not lose herself to the burning gaze of Prince Natar looking at her, "You are very honest, but she does not want to marry far away. ”
"How do you know that she won't marry away willingly for me?" Prince Natsu asked, confidence written on his face.
"You wouldn't be trying to kidnap her, would you?" Slim Dust was surprised.
"No, no, no," Prince Natar stretched out his slender fingers and shook them, "That's not called abduction, it's called pursuit." ”
Well, what a high-sounding word, Xian Chen's lips struck, "Your pursuit purpose is not pure, Zi Yao she won't like it." ”
"Pursuit, pursuit, is to have a talent to chase, men chase women mostly for appearance; But as a prince, for the long-term stability of the country, I want a woman who can bring stability and development to the country, her fame, her family affairs are my best choice, and she will also become my destined lover. ”
Xianchen didn't expect that this Natar prince could say the purpose of his marriage so frankly, and he also admired the honesty of the Natar prince.
But she didn't understand, Wurong and Ji have been friends for a hundred years, and the two countries have been married for generations, this Natar prince wants to marry Ziyao, and it will be over to find Emperor Ji Wu to seek the holy decree, why do you have to spend so much effort and make it so troublesome?
Thinking that there must be their reasons for this, Xianchen inconvenient to ask, "How do you want me to help you, I don't know you, don't you think I will say good things for you in front of Ziyao?" ”
Prince Natar smiled, "Seven days later, Emperor Ji Wu sent an envoy to Ji Kingdom to welcome the prince and princess of Wurong Kingdom, there was a small hunting party, and I hope the girl can persuade the eighth princess to come and participate together." ”
Xianchen is not a person in the palace, nor is he an official of the imperial court, so naturally she doesn't know about the hunting meeting in seven days, her eyebrows tightened, "I don't know about the hunting meeting in seven days, maybe I can't help you with this favor." ”
"You will know, this king will ask Emperor Ji Wu to invite the girl to participate together, and then ask the girl to invite the eighth princess to participate together."
For the sake of the fact that the prince is quite honest and has a good character, Xianchen responded, "Okay, I promise you." ”
Then she took out a short knife from her sleeve pocket, it was a meniscus short knife, the scabbard was made of pure gold, and on both sides of the scabbard were embedded with a row of southern pearls, red coral, turquoise, and amethyst, but the handle and blade were quite simple, without fancy embellishments.
However, what makes this short knife amazing is not its fancy scabbard, but its blade and hilt made of black iron that has been forged tens of thousands of times in one go, especially the blade on the blade that is extremely fast and sharpens iron like clay.
Xian Chen presented the knife to Prince Na Tart with both hands, "This is Master Zheng Xuanjia's disgusting work, it is priceless in the market, it is a return gift from Xian Chen, and I hope His Royal Highness the Prince will not give up." ”
Xianchen is a knife again, which is really nothing new; But there is no way, there are two things in Xian Chen's hands, one is Nanzhu, who compares with each other among the noble women of Ji Kingdom, and the other is the knife made for her by Master Zheng Xuanjia.
The Nanzhu of the Ten Kingdoms of the Great Zhou Dynasty are all from Xiancheng, and the boss behind the Nanzhu breeding in Xiancheng is the owner of Xianzhuang, she is the young master of Xianzhuang, can she not have much Nanzhu?
Zheng Xuanjia's old man has been working for a lifetime, playing iron for a lifetime, his shoulder muscles have long been strained, and he is very strained, so he likes to harass Xianchen when he has nothing to do, either letting Xianchen beat her back or letting Xianchen give him an injection to relieve the pain.
Every time the old man enjoyed the treatment of Xianchen, he didn't give a penny, so he patted his ass and left.
Xianchen doesn't care about him, he is a friend of the master, that is, her elder, Xianchen is respectful or respectful.
It's just that this old man has a habit of giving Xianchen a small dagger every once in a while, and he also said, "Girl, the old man likes you, so he gives you a small dagger, and the price of the old man's dagger sold outside is enough for me to treat you for free for ten years and eight years." ”
Xian Chen knew that these daggers were small objects made by Zheng Xuanjia after he announced that he would no longer make weapons by washing his hands in the golden basin, and he didn't want to let his craftsmanship become rusty, so he usually occasionally practiced his hands.
Over time, there are many more small daggers made by Zheng Xuanjia in his hands.
However, the knife that Xianchen gave to Prince Natar was different from the other small daggers that Zheng Xuanjia gave her, and the raw material of this knife was Xuaniron.
When he was twelve years old, Xianchen traveled out of the city with his master, and accidentally obtained a pure Xuanjian ore, which he brought back to Xiancheng and gave to Zheng Xuanjia.
Zheng Xuanjia's old man saw the dark iron in Xian Chen's hand, just like a mouse saw rice, he couldn't put it down, and after a long time, the old man took two knives to send Xian Chen, one is Xian Chen's favorite weapon "Zimu Shuangyue Scimitar" and the other is naturally this short knife, the raw material of these two knives is the pure black iron ore that Xian Chen gave to Zheng Xuanjia.
The scabbard of this short knife is made of pure gold, inlaid with beads and inlaid with treasures, and Xian Chen feels that it is too much like a local tyrant, and it is really not suitable for her to use as a little girl, so she has never used this knife, and now it is suitable to give it to the prince of Natar as a return gift of "Ugin Feather Order".
The prince took the knife and praised the delicate beauty of the knife, but he couldn't help but blurt out and asked, "What is the relationship between you and the owner of Xiancheng Xianzhuang?" ”
Yesterday, when Prince Natar was answering the third question in Xianchen, he saw Xianchen holding the bottle in a daze, and Prince Natar suspected that Xianchen knew about this bottle, at least she had seen this bottle before.
If it weren't for the unique mark of Master Zheng on the knife, and the excellent workmanship of the knife, Prince Qu Tart would not be sure that the knife sent by Xianchen was genuine.
You must know that Master Zheng is a generation of grandmasters, and he has not been out of the mountains to make weapons for others for more than ten years, however, the knife in his hand is obviously Master Zheng's new work in recent years.
I am afraid that there are few people in this world who can get Master Zheng's new work and give it away, if you want to say that this girl has nothing to do with Xiancheng and Xianzhuang, Prince Natar himself doesn't believe it.