Huerhe didn't want to bring the court affairs home, but he still didn't want to hide it from Xia Muyao, so he told her about Zhen Yu tying the old blacksmith back.

Xia Muyao couldn't help but smile when she heard this, "The old man has backbone, but whether it's Dakang or Beihu, what's the difference?" ”

"The Han people have always regarded us aliens as enemies, and it is understandable that the old people are unwilling to do things for foreigners." Huerkh understood the old blacksmith's approach very well.

"There are also treacherous people in Dakang, and there are also good people in Beihu, who can tell whether they are good or bad." Xia Muyao sighed lightly.

"Let him go, anyway, the swordsmith that Gongzi An secretly contacted also has an eyebrow, and he has cast so many nets, just see which net will have fish in it." Huerhe said calmly.

"Fish are also divided into big fish and small fish, isn't the old man a hidden swordsmith? Who else in the world knows the art of swordsmithing better than him? Xia Muyao looked at Huerhe, smiled, and said mysteriously: "Why don't I try to talk about it?" ”

Huerhe looked at Xia Muyao's strange smile, and was half-convinced, "What can you do?" ”

"What else to use, I am the princess of the former dynasty, the old man has been under the rule of Nanxia for most of his life, and now that the dynasty has changed, his loyalty is for Dakang, or Nanxia? If it is for Nanxia, it is just to help me complete the dream of recovering the country, if it is for Dakang, he is equivalent to turning his back on Nanxia, what loyalty is there to speak of? Xia Muyao looked at Huerhe and analyzed it sentence by sentence.

When Huerhe heard this, he looked at Xia Muyao deeply, and then sighed: "Yao'er, you have eloquent talent, it's a pity not to let you be a teacher." ”

"I'm just trying, who knows if it will work out?" Xia Muyao smiled.

Huerhe also smiled, then held Xia Muyao's little hand, and sighed: "Then try it, it is up to people to make things happen." ”

***

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xia Muyao brought the fruits and round cakes that the Southern Xia people had to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival and went to the barracks.

Huerhe took Xia Muyao in front of the old blacksmith's tent and whispered: "Don't force it, let it be." ”

Xia Muyao nodded with a smile, and then carried the food box into the big tent.

In the big tent, the old blacksmith was sitting with his face calm and his back to the curtain of the big tent, Xia Muyao walked in, carried the food box, walked gently in front of the old blacksmith, and smiled slightly.

The old blacksmith was only a guard, but he couldn't help but see a pink female doll standing in front of him, the old blacksmith couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at Xia Muyao with his eyebrows, he expected that she was also here to persuade him to help Beihu forge a sword.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, I heard the vassal king say that the old man came here, so he brought some food, these are the fruits that every household must eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival in Southern Xia, and this round cake, which is filled with bean paste, Beihu does not eat round cakes, this is still specially made by the chef in the house, and the taste may be different from the taste of Nanxia round cakes." Xia Muyao said as she took out all the contents of the food box and put them on the table next to the old blacksmith.

Hearing Xia Muyao frequently mention Nanxia, the old blacksmith couldn't help frowning, secretly guessing the identity of this female doll in his heart.

"There is also a ceremony to worship the moon tonight, if you want, you can go to the vassal king's mansion to worship the moon, if you don't want to, this pear, this fruit, this bean, peanuts, and round cakes, exactly five, you can worship the moon here, we Nanxia people pay attention to this." Xia Muyao looked at the old blacksmith and said again.

"Who are you?" The old blacksmith looked at Xia Muyao and couldn't help but ask coldly.

"Me?" Xia Muyao smiled, "I am a hard-working person, all my relatives died in the rebellion, and I can only drift away from the world alone, and the road to revenge is indefinite. ”

The old blacksmith looked at Xia Muyao, he lived to be sixty-seven years old, and he had walked the rivers and lakes for most of his life, so he naturally knew that the female doll in front of him was not small, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Who are you?" ”

"I am the princess of the former Southern Xia, and now the princess of the Northern Hu, when the rebel Zhao Changgou entered the palace, he ordered not to stay, but I had a big life and survived." Xia Muyao looked at the old blacksmith and smiled slightly.

Knowing that Xia Muyao was the princess of the previous dynasty, the old blacksmith's face showed a slight look of surprise, as if he was trying to figure out the truth of what Xia Muyao said, but he soon believed it, he was old, he had read countless people, and he could best see a person's temperament, Xia Muyao was young, and her bearing was different from ordinary people.

Unexpectedly, he saw the princess of the former dynasty in Beihu, and the old blacksmith couldn't help but feel a little emotional, hugged Xia Muyao and said, "The old man has seen the princess." ”

"I'm no longer a princess, since the day the traitor Zhao Chang raised an army to rebel, the Nanxia Dynasty has ceased to exist, even the old man, aren't you loyal to today's Dakang? Once the son of heaven is a courtier, as long as the people of the world have something to eat, who cares who is the emperor? Xia Muyao said, with a slight hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth.

The old blacksmith has ruled in Southern Xia since he was born, and his father had a close relationship with the Southern Xia generals, and the Qinglong Sword that Zhen Yu wore was made by the old blacksmith's father.

Now that Xia Muyao is silent, her face can't help but feel guilty, "What can we little people do if we change the dynasty?" It's just going with the flow. ”

"No one blames you," Xia Muyao smiled, "Even me, now as the princess of the domain, it is difficult to restore the country." ”

The old blacksmith was speechless, his eyes were fixed on the ground, and he was silent.

Xia Muyao glanced at the old blacksmith, "Old man, you can spend the Mid-Autumn Festival here with peace of mind, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will ask the vassal king to send someone to send you back, this time the vassal king is too thirsty for talent and rude, I will accompany you on his behalf, and when you return to Dakang, you can live in peace." ”

After speaking, Xia Muyao left the big tent.

The old blacksmith still sat still, silent for a long time.

***

Seeing Xia Muyao walking out of the big tent, Huerhe took her little hand and walked for a long distance before asking softly, "Do you think he will be willing to teach Beihu to cast swords?" ”

"Did you hear all the conversations we had inside?" Xia Muyao turned her head and asked.

Huerkh nodded.

"I can only do it here, as for whether he is willing or not, I am not sure, just like you said, it is up to man to succeed." Xia Muyao looked into the distance and sighed slightly.

"Then stay in the barracks and have lunch with my soldiers, and then go back to the house for dinner, and my cousin and Gongzi An will go tonight." Huerhe said, and took Xia Muyao to the main tent of the military camp.

Huerhexin promoted a group of deputy generals, and he introduced them to Xia Muyao one by one. The first is that it is a Mid-Autumn Festival today, and the feudal prince's mansion celebrates solemnly with all the soldiers, and the second is that after the future expedition, all the deputy generals will recognize Xia Muyao's appearance, and if anything happens, they will obey Xia Muyao's orders.

The arrival of the princess of the domain was a little flattering for these generals.

For a long time, they have heard of the beauty of the princess of the domain, unparalleled in the world, and they can see it today, and sure enough.

The main tent was very quiet, and a room of generals looked at Xia Muyao, wanting to see it but feeling a little offended, not looking, and really didn't want to miss such a beauty.

"Is King Yan too strict in Su Ri, why is everyone so restrained?" Seeing that the room was full of people who were silent, Xia Muyao couldn't help but look at Huerhe and said with a smile.

"Okay, don't hold it, it's what you do." Huerhe beckoned the soldiers to sit down.

These soldiers laughed at this time, and sat down separately, their expressions relaxed.

After a few rounds of wine and food, the lieutenants gradually revealed their true colors of rough mines, and they spoke loudly, chatting about the life and death of the past battlefield, and each of them had a basket of ambition and pride.

Xia Muyao kept looking at everyone with a smile, then got up and picked up the wine glass, and said to everyone: "Soldiers, although you are subordinates of King Yan, you are also his brothers, and you have lived and died all the way. ”

After speaking, Xia Muyao drank all the wine in the cup.

As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers also hurriedly got up, each raised their wine glasses, and said that Princess Yan was polite, and Princess Yan was serious...... Then, everyone also drank the wine in the cup.

Because of Xia Muyao's words, everyone only felt that they were more life and death with Huerhe, and they also felt that the princess attached great importance to herself, and her pride was even greater.

Huerhe looked at Xia Muyao from the side, and his heart became more and more happy, his little wife was very good at winning people's hearts, but he only found out that he only felt that she was indifferent in the past, but now it seems that her temperament is too complicated.

After lunch, Huerhe asked Xia Muyao to wait in the main tent for a while, and he went to the soldiers' tent with the lieutenants.

When Huerhe came back, he took Xia Muyao back to his house.

***

Dakang. Palace.

Zhao Yuanting also held a palace banquet in the palace.

The luncheon was with the important ministers of the court.

After eating, Zhao Yuanting went to Siyao Palace to see Gu Er, Gu Er has been more than two months now, and she is getting better and better day by day, which is very cute.

Zhao Yuanting had to hug him personally for a while every day, and when he looked down at Gu Er pursing his lips or opening his eyes, Zhao Yuanting only felt that one of his hearts was warmed by Gu Er, children were so cute, Zhao Yuanting realized for the first time that in the past, he only thought that they were only crying or sleeping, how boring and boring they were.

Gu Er would sleep every afternoon, so when Zhao Yuanting walked around Si Yao Palace with Gu Er in his arms, Gu Er fell asleep sweetly.

When she fell asleep, Gu Er pursed her lips and smiled.

When Zhao Yuanting saw it, he couldn't help laughing, and whispered to himself: "Ji'er, what are you laughing at?" Did you dream of your mother's kiss? When you're older, let's get her back together, okay? ”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yuanting couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, his thoughts about Xia Muyao were piled up, and it became a wound in his heart. He still can't figure out why Xia Muyao has been by his side for three years, and he has taken good care of her, but why did he lose to Huerhe?

Zhao Yuanting looked at Gu Er blankly, pouring all his feelings for Xia Muyao into Gu Er, just hoping that Gu Er would grow up soon, he could call him his father, he could accompany him, and chat to soothe his empty heart because of Xia Muyao's absence.