Nalan Jinxiu smelled the taste of barley wine again, it was indeed very similar to the taste on the master's body, but the master never drank alcohol. The more she thought about it, the more strange it became, and she picked up her cup to taste it again.

"Don't drink any more. Xu Jince held her hand, Nalan Jinxiu looked at him with a face that could not be refused, so he had to say: "I just think this taste is a little familiar." ”

"Huh?"

"I think I've smelled it in Jinling City. ”

Ji Hongxuan thought for a while and said: "Qingli wine is a specialty of Chiyang City, and it is available all around Northern Xinjiang, but no one should have shipped it to Jinling yet. Because barley wine is easy to spoil, the road is so long, it will definitely be bad if it is transported over. ”

Nalan Jinxiu frowned: "Barley, what is it?"

"Barley is a plant that is everywhere in Chiyang City, and it is as abundant as a weed. ”

"Nowhere else?"

Xu Jince shook his head: "It's strange to say, there are many places in Northern Xinjiang that are almost the same as the climate of Chiyang City, but barley is only available in Chiyang City. ”

"So has anyone refined barley into incense or something? ”

"I haven't heard of that. ”

Nalan Jinxiu is now very curious about the plant barley, maybe she can find a master through this. His medical attainments should be unsurpassed by no one in the world, and she still has many questions to ask him.

Ji Hongxuan saw that she was so persistent in barley, so he said: "I'll take you to see it after dinner, it's all over Chiyang City, it's not unusual at all." ”

Nalan Jinxiu nodded and ate the last wonton in the bowl. Xu Jince scooped another bowl of soup for her, and she didn't refuse, just lowered her head and drank it. As soon as the three of them finished eating, Ji Hongxuan was called to run errands, and the holy decree to marry the king of Zhenbei arrived.

Nalan Jinxiu knelt behind Xu Jince, and he didn't hear the official words in the holy decree very clearly, but he knew that this was to give marriage to the king of Zhenbei. She felt ironic, the saint is really happy about marriage today, is this an addiction?

The king of Zhenbei was not in the palace, and it was Xu Jince who took the order. After sending the messenger away, Xu Jince sat at the door, with a rare sad face. Nalan Jinxiu sat down beside him, didn't speak, and only quietly accompanyed.

Xu Jince sighed and said in a low voice: "My father has a deep affection for my mother, and I have no intention of continuing the string for so many years. ”

Nalan Jinxiu looked up at her brother, as if asking him, as if asking herself: "Can we only accept it?"

"Had to accept it. ”

She suddenly thought of the third brother who had been guarding her bedside that day, and her heart began to feel uncomfortable again, and she said in a dumb voice: "Why?"

Xu Jince's voice was also very weak, with a strong sense of depression, he said: "Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, as a courtier, you must accept it." ”

Nalan Jinxiu lowered his head and found that there were so many things in this world that there was nothing he could do. That's why so many people ask the gods to worship the Buddha, hoping that the gods will favor them and they will have good luck.

"If one day, the Holy Lord will also give you a marriage and let you marry someone you don't like, do you still have to accept it?" Nalan Jinxiu raised his head and asked Xu Jince, finding that his frowning brows were frowning deeper, and his eyes became deeper, but he didn't reply to her after all.

"Brother?"

Xu Jince came back to his senses, paused for a long time, and seemed to use a lot of courage to say a sentence: "I will accept it." ”

"Then what if you give me a marriage, let me marry someone I don't like, or let me marry a foreign country. Will you and your father accept it too?"

Many of the aristocratic women in Daning were married to foreign countries as relatives. Even if it is a princess born to the saint, there are two who married into a small barbarian country, and there are even more people like her who have the status of a county lord who are sent to make peace. Some are married to lords who are over half a hundred years old, some are married to generals who fight on the battlefield, and some are married to important ministers of the country......

People have seen the peace of Daning for so many years, accepted the pilgrimage from all over the world, and sang praises for the holy name. But no one remembered that those women who were sent out in order not to fight could not set foot on their own land for the rest of their lives.

Nalan Jinxiu thought, in fact, there is nothing impossible, even the non-high-ranking and powerful King Zhenbei will be held hostage, so what can she count? She doesn't know that the King of Zhenbei has a heavy army, how many people in the court covet him, and how many people will calculate her marriage.

You can't get what you like, but you can't hide what you don't like. Maybe it won't be long before she is inexplicably pointed out to the son of a high-ranking court official, or sent to a foreign country and relatives. This may be her fate, the fate that the aristocratic women of this dynasty can't avoid.

"No, it won't. Xu Jince said solemnly.

"Didn't you say that thunder, rain and dew are all Jun's grace, and those who are courtiers can only obey?"

"Father and I represent the Zhenbei Palace, we are courtiers, if the Holy Lord wants me to die, I will never frown, but you are different. ”

"What difference can I make, why can't I do what my father and brother can do?"

"In short, I will definitely arrange a good marriage for you, so that you can stay away from the right and wrong of the court and be carefree. ”

Nalan Jinxiu wanted to say that I want to be with the third brother, can you give him back to me? But before she could say anything, Xu Jince said again: "Ji Hongye is not a good destination for you, if you are with him, you will inevitably be frightened." There are many good men in our northern Xinjiang, who are loyal to the liver and courage, and can be entrusted for life. ”

Nalan Jinxiu glared at him with some disgust and got up. I really don't know what he thinks, and he still wants to marry her to someone who goes to war every day, so wouldn't she have to worry even more?

Who knew that Xu Jince was interested, and Baba also stood up, patted his sister's shoulder, and said with a smile: "There are many people who look handsome." ”

Nalan Jinxiu subconsciously rolled her eyes at him. She only found out now that Xu Jinsheng, the elder brother, seems to be a calm and indifferent general, and when he faces his sister, he is even naïve.

Of course, if she is not handsome, she must not be able to look at it, but it does not mean that she likes it all...... Nalan Jinxiu found that she was successfully stunned by herself, and she reached out and patted her forehead.

Xu Jince saw her tangled appearance and smiled faintly. What he thought in his heart was that now that the Zhenbei Wangfu was under the suspicion of the saints, he really should consider Sheng'er's marriage as soon as possible, so as not to be used by people with intentions, and he would have many dreams at night.

"Didn't the sixth brother say that he was going to take me to see the barley? ”

Nalan Jinxiu is still worried about the barley.

Xu Jince could have accompanied her, but he had just come back and had to go to the camp outside the city to have a look. There was a backlog of important information waiting for him to deal with.

"Didn't I just say I was going to give you a guard, I'll call him now, and let him accompany you. Xu Jince said and went out.

Nalan Jinxiu was stunned in place, she had always been a maidservant and a maid, and her grandmother was for her to send, even the little maid couldn't enter her house. She didn't know what a big man could do as her bodyguard, but the northern frontier was not at peace, and it was always good to have someone who knew kung fu by her side. It's a big deal, just like Ji Xiaobai, you can still get angry when you're in a bad mood.

Thinking of Ji Xiaobai, I thought of that person again. The history books of the Daning Dynasty will definitely leave a strong mark on him. became famous at a young age, the youngest pavilion elder of Wenyuan Pavilion, and was given by the Holy Lord as a concubine, so dazzling, I am afraid that there is no other way in the world.

She looked up in the direction of Jinling City, but only saw a fiery red in the sky. The road is far away, and what separates him from her is not only thousands of mountains and rivers, but he is afraid that it will be difficult to be involved in this life and this life. That's fine, it's better to be ruthless than not being together. She'll slowly forget about him and start over, definitely.

"Sheng'er, his name is Mu Li, and he will be your guard in the future. ”

Xu Jince's words interrupted her fluttering thoughts. Nalan Jinxiu looked in his direction and saw a young man in black behind him, eighteen or nineteen years old. The body is very tall and straight, and the appearance is also very upright, with a pair of deep and bright eyes, but it is so indifferent that it makes people cold.

Nalan Jinxiu bowed slightly at the man, which was regarded as a greeting. Mu Li saluted her respectfully, and then prepared to take the county lord to the suburbs to see the barley according to the instructions of the prince, he bowed his head and asked, "The county lord, can you ride a horse?"

Nalan Jinxiu stood side by side with him, just up to his shoulder, and when he communicated, he raised his head and lowered his head, this distance was just right. She shook her head, whether it was in the previous life or in this life, she traveled in a carriage or a sedan chair, never rode a horse, and no one taught her to ride a horse. The ladies in Jinling City are all dignified and elegant, and things that look vulgar like horseback riding are not allowed to be learned.

"Then I'll take the county lord!"

"You take me?" asked Nalan Jinxiu uncertainly.

"Yes. "Mu Li's words are like gold.

"I don't want to. Nalan Jinxiu refused very facelessly.

Mu looked at her puzzled, didn't she want to go to see the barley? If she didn't ride a horse, would she still have to take a car? It was already getting dark, and if she used a carriage, it would be impossible to return to the palace before dark.

Nalan Jinxiu didn't know what he was staring at him, and explained: "I really can't ride a horse, if the time is not in a hurry, let's go see it tomorrow." ”

"No, it's just the right time to ride a horseback. ”

Nalan Jinxiu wondered, could it be that the women of northern Xinjiang would ride horses, and in their opinion, riding horses was a normal thing? However, just ride with him! After all, men and women are not intimate.

She shook her hand and smiled, "Let's go and see it tomorrow, if you have time, you can teach me how to ride a horse." ”

Mu Li saw that the county lord smiled, as delicate as a rose, and was stunned for a while. Her face was a little pale, and her body looked extremely delicate, although she was very good-looking, but it was not the same as the good-looking girls of their northern Xinjiang. Is there a deficiency?

(PS: Secretly, the guard is a person with a lot of scenes.) ）