The girl wore a set of lapels and waist-wrapping clothes, and her boots were short, and she was very energetic. The clothes are still deep black, and her slightly translucent skin is like mutton fat and jade, and it is warm and shiny. Her figure is petite, and when she wears a beard, she is as straight as a girl, but she is delicate and charming, and her beautiful lips are like dried apricots, which has a seductive taste.

What she is holding in her hand is a white skull carved from cow bones, which is the mascot ornament of a nomadic tribe outside the Guan, but there is no market for this kind of thing in the Central Plains, and it is rare to meet a guest who is interested in this thing, the boss spares no effort to sell, but unfortunately he tried his best to lips and tongues, and the girl has a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, neither saying to buy, nor saying not to buy, just looking at that thing over and over again, the girl did not say anything about the price, the boss has automatically lowered the price to his purchase, but the girl is still noncommittal.

Ding Hao beckoned: "Fold girl." ”

The girl raised her head in surprise, and when she saw that it was him, her eyebrows raised slightly, and her face showed joy: "It's you?" Ding Steward. ”

Ding Hao said with a smile: "I thought that the girl had returned to Fuzhou, but I didn't expect that she was still here." So saying, he stepped forward.

Several big men in the crowd quickly approached him, but the folded girl raised her hand and brushed her sideburns and put it down with a random wave, and the big men had already stopped, and their posture and movements returned to calm, like guests wandering around the market.

"I was going back to Fuzhou, but ...... My ninth uncle wants to go to the north to do some business, and buy some mink fur, musk, cordyceps, and things outside the Dongzhu plug back to Fuzhou to sell, so I naturally have to accompany him to go with him. As she spoke, the girl turned around and walked side by side with Ding Hao, casual and natural, like an old friend.

"Although my ninth uncle said...... Well, there are some errands in the General's Mansion, but I have a large family, and I don't do some business to earn some expenses, and my life is not easy. The girl said with a grin.

"Going to Kanwai?" Ding Hao paused suddenly.

"yes, what's wrong?" The folded girl also stopped, tilting her head to look at him, like a bird looking at people, smart and pretty.

"This ......" Ding Hao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your ninth uncle is working in the Great General's Mansion, uh...... I haven't heard of anything...... What's the rumor? ”

The girl's eyes flashed slightly, and she asked, "What's the rumor?" ”

"This ...... Naturally, it is in the military. ”

“…… Oh, my ninth uncle just takes care of some household affairs for the general, and he never asks about the affairs of the army, and no one will tell him. ”

"I see." Ding Hao hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "In my opinion, you still persuade your ninth uncle not to go outside the gate." Our grain team is stationed next to the Xicheng military camp, seeing that the Guangyuan army has been moving frequently recently, I am afraid that it is going to use troops against the Tartars. ”

"Is that so?" The girl was surprised: "The transfer of the army does not necessarily mean that it will definitely go to the battle, but I still want to thank you for your kindness." Speaking of which, my ninth uncle temporarily decided to go to the outside of the pass, and the pearl and jade fur returned also had a share of the general's mansion. Because this is a private matter, I didn't say to General Cheng, otherwise, if he really has any action, he will definitely warn my ninth uncle not to go out, and I will tell my ninth uncle when I turn around, and let him ask General Cheng. ”

"That's good," Ding Hao put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "You are the people of the folding family, of course General Cheng will not hide it from you." Fortunately, if we hadn't met today, if your uncles and nephews had really gone out of the customs in a daze, the war drums would have sounded here, and the grassland would be full of wolf smoke, and then ...... It's really unimaginable, and it's scary to think about. ”

The girl laughed and said, "When people go to Guanwai, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Ahem...... as handsome as a girl, if you go to the border and it is in the midst of war, the rebels are bandits, God knows what will happen, how can it not be scary?"

The girl snorted with a smile, and in a blink of an eye saw an old man walking with a stick tied to it, with straw tied to the stick and many red sugar gourds inserted, and couldn't help but say happily: "Ah, the weather is warm, and there are still people selling candy, it's really rare." Hey, how do you sell this candy? ”

The old man stopped and smiled: "Girl, this candy is the cheapest in Guangyuan City, and a penny is a big string. ”

The folded girl said happily: "Cheng, then you can bring me a string." ”

The old man hurriedly selected a string of sugar gourds with a lot of syrup and handed it to her, the folding girl took it in her hand, and after being slightly stunned, she looked at Ding Hao, and said timidly: "Uh~~~, I don't have any money with me, can you lend me a penny?" ”

"This girl, how can she go to the market without money, it seems that she is either too strict with her family education, or her pocket money is limited." Ding Hao paused with pity, and hurriedly took out a penny and handed it to the old man.

The girl's eyes bent, she gently bit the sugar gourd, glanced at Ding Hao, saw that he was looking at herself with a smile, and said, "It's better to ...... If you lend me another penny, I'll ask you to eat one too. ”

"Okay," Ding Hao saw such a treat for the first time, he smiled and took out a penny and handed it to the old man, took a sugar gourd at random, walked away side by side with the girl, and said with a teasing smile: "It's an honor to be invited by the girl." ”

"That's ......" Miss Zhe said unashamedly, biting the sweet and sour sugar gourd, and said with a smile: "You are honored to go, you are the first one who can let this girl treat." ”

Ding Hao laughed when he heard this, and the girl also pursed her lips, and when his laughter stopped, she said: "Hey, do you think that if the imperial court really wants to send troops to the Northern Expedition, will it be to attack the Northern Han Kingdom, or to attack the Khitans?" What are the odds? ”

Ding Hao thought for a while and said, "Do you want me to see it, the possibility of attacking the Northern Han Kingdom is greater." Doesn't it mean that the Khitans are in civil strife, if the imperial court sends troops to fight at this time, but it fulfills them, the Khitans will inevitably unite as one and unite with the outside world, and this internal strife is instead bridged by our Great Song Dynasty court. I don't think that either General Zhe in Fuzhou or the official in Tokyo City would ever do such a stupid thing. ”

The folded girl smiled, and with a smile on her face, she picked up a pair of intoxicating dimples, and her snow-white and immature little face was very charming: "Then...... Do you think the imperial court is sending troops to attack the Northern Han? ”

"It is very likely that the Khitans regarded the Northern Han Dynasty as a conciliatory area between the Great Song Dynasty and the other country, and as soon as the Great Song Dynasty attacked the Northern Han Dynasty, they sent troops to help, and the purpose was here. However, if the imperial court did not directly send troops to fight the Khitan, but to take the Northern Han Dynasty, the Khitans did not feel the pain, and many tribal chieftains without foresight asked them to make a choice before the emperor and the Northern Han Kingdom, so that the imperial court took advantage of the internal strife of the Khitan people, and it was very likely that the Northern Han Kingdom would be completely resolved. ”

"Oh?" The girl folded her little hand, and her face was quite playful and cunning: "Although there are only three or five cities left in the Northern Han Kingdom, under the protection of the Khitans, plus they have quite a few tiger generals who can fight well, they have always been in danger. Are you so confident? Why do you expect our army to win? ”

Ding Hao knew that the Northern Han Dynasty in history was indeed wiped out at about this time, coupled with the Khitan civil strife, he had no time to take care of them, so he couldn't eliminate them, so he said: "Although the Northern Han still has a certain strength, it is not the enemy of the Great Song Dynasty. As long as the Khitans have no time to take care of them and want to perish, there is nothing remarkable. But...... Sooner or later, the Great Song Dynasty will have to directly face the Khitans, and the Tang Kingdom and the Southern Han Kingdom in the south are all vulnerable opponents, and the only strong enemy in the future of the Great Song Dynasty is the Khitan. Once directly in contact with the Khitan forces, I am afraid that the border will not be as simple as 'fighting grass valleys'. ”

The girl bowed her head slightly, listening to his analysis, and it was difficult to hide the surprise in her eyes. It is not unusual for her to draw this kind of analysis from all kinds of information she has, but it is extraordinary that Ding Hao can have such insight and insight. I often hear people say, 'If you don't go out, you will know the affairs of the world', which was during the Taiping period, and what I know is also some general truths, but an analysis like his, if you don't have an understanding of the situation in various places, it is difficult to say so surely. He is a little steward, where did he come from such profound knowledge?

When the Great Song Dynasty was first founded, the Manchu Dynasty racked their brains, and finally the prime minister Zhao Pucai presented an era name, but the year name was used for a long time, and suddenly someone told Zhao Kuangyin that this era name was used by Shu a few years ago, so angry that Zhao Kuangyin's nose was not a nose and a face was not a face, so many civil and military ministers, they didn't know what era names other countries had used in the past few years, it can be seen that even the political situation news was quite closed in various places at that time, and the officials in the court did not know the details. This Ding Hao ...... It's not easy......

The folding girl turned her mind and said casually: "Then do you think that if we face the Khitans, what are our chances?" ”;